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From Tony John, Port Harcourt
No fewer than 2,000 women from host communities on the Eastern Corridor of the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) would soon benefit from an entrepreneurial and financial literacy skills put together by the Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL). The empowerment, according to the company, is for women and girls from the 215 host communities along the corridor. The General Manager, Community Relations and Stakeholders Engagement of PINL, Akpos Mezeh, disclosed this during the monthly stakeholders meeting for its host communities of Rivers, Imo and Abia States in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
He said the programme is focused on small business development, financial literacy, and skills training for women and girls in the host communities.
Mezeh said: “The PINL Women Entrepreneurs & Empowerment Initiative, has completed data capturing conducted in Port Harcourt for host communities in Abia, Imo, and Rivers states, and Yenagoa for Bayelsa communities. This programme focuses on small business development, financial literacy, and skills training for women and girls.”
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He stated that verification of data is on-going and that beneficiaries would be contacted shortly, adding; “Through the PINL Women’s Skills Development and Enterprise Programme, 2,000 women are being targeted for empowerment before the year’s end.”
Reeling out other actions taken by the company so far, he said scholarship programme for youths is currently being processed for payment, with beneficiaries expected to receive disbursements by October, adding that new entries from underrepresented communities have also been added to the list.
On environmental and social impact support, Mezeh said PINL is collaborating with relevant government agencies and environmental experts on joint assessments to identify priority areas for remediation and social investment.
Acting on recommendations from the last meeting, the PINL official said it has granted the inclusion of Biseni in Bayelsa State and other deserving communities in its surveillance engagements.
