THERE is probably no bonafide Lagos housewife who has not visited or heard of Mile 12, the depot market upon which thousands of households in the metropolis depend for fresh and cheap produce.

As a woman who has already been in the terrain, I know that several women are very poor especially the widows, and we have those who are not widows but are equally poor; so my first priority is to give them interest free loans, while trading, buying and selling including farming.

THE Rotary Club, Wuse II, Abuja, in collaboration with Prince Igho Sadjere Hearts Humanitarian Foundation, have donated items worth over N5 million to Sapele community in Delta State.

In the Mile 12 market, things are a bit the same. Although the prices are higher compared to before, but the goods are affordable and it also depends on your purchasing power. You can only buy according to your pocket but will be sure of getting your money’s worth here in Mile 12 market. The economy is bad- everyone knows that but Mile 12 still remains the only market you can buy food items cheap.

AHEAD of the much awaited 2019 general elections women under a political association, the Democratic Gender Alliance Party, DGAP, members are set to float a political party.

We will form cooperative societies. You know in a rural community the women are more of the population. At the end of the day I can use my position to help some people fund their Small and Medium Enterprises, SMEs, so that they can be involved in trading and other things. Attention will also be given to the widows because they need all the assistance. Some of them are farmers, they can hardly raise funds to carry out their farming activities.

Most women have been sent out of their matrimonial home just because they have special children; most people come up to say we have never seen this kind of thing in our family before, it must have been a witch and all sorts of names and before you know it she is out

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