October 2021

This year, the International Day of Rural Women (15 October), puts a spotlight on “Rural Women Cultivating Good Food for All.” Recall that the UN General Assembly in its resolution 62/136 of 18 December 2007 affirms this international day to recognize “the critical role and contribution of rural women, including indigenous women, in enhancing agricultural and rural […]

The reality of man’s inhumanity to man, which was first documented in the Robert Burns’ poem called ‘Man Was Made to Mourn: A Dirge in 1784,’ aptly played out in Bauchi. It was a case of a three-year-old girl, Sumaiya Yakubu, who was starved for months while her ribs and veins were uncovered with flesh.

The Honourable Minister of Women affairs Dame Pauline Tallen along with the implementing partners of the ministry marked the United Nations International rural Women and food day with unveiling of the ‘Livelihood Support Programme for rural women in Nigeria’ to mark the United Nations International rural women and food day. The minister who was represented