 Part of their corporate social responsibility, Air Force, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCO, and Shell Niger Exploration Company Limited have been collaborating with a group, Chicane, Nigeria, over the past five years, to empower women and girls through skills training and grants. Over six stars of women and girls have so far benefited from the programme. Representatives from NNPC, upstream investment management services, NIMS, SNEPCO, and also Chicane says the initiatives are an effective way to make progress on poverty, eradication, gender equality, and inclusive economic growth. Destiny Momo tells us more. The fact that you're here to learn is that you've never known months, two years, two years from now, the best for you. In today's society, many women are facing challenges in finding stable sources of income due to current economic conditions making privileges scarce. Acquiring skills and pastry and baking at the rate high and die, and career arts and crafts, digital marketing, event management, Balangalan decoration, soap making, conditioner production, and perfume oil production within a short period is highly beneficial. It is in line with these dead residents in Surah community, Erwin of Lagos Island, are getting a reason to smile. We are looking for a better society, a better society, and now our world is starting from now. Usman Mohamed Bello is NIMS representative and the managing director of SNEPCO, Iloho, Iboni. They be represented by Ibi and me as Shaolu at the event. They shared a motivation and satisfaction with their impactful progress made over the past five years. I am planning all the moment to take full advantage of this initiative, and the desired goal is to live here better and more empowered than they came. So it is pertinent to note that NNPC Ltd is at the forefront of this initiative as a 100% contributor to this program. In other words, it means that this initiative being flagged of today is 100% funded by NNPC Ltd, through its production sharing contractor, SNEPCO. In Ezinmei is Zirani Esther Kulvila, and founder of Sheikha, Nigeria. She expresses her drive to empower women and witness their advancement in their selected economic sectors. That's quite straightforward as SNEPCO, in a shell, part of shell companies in Nigeria, they are dedicated to giving back to the society where we are creating. As we know, we do understand we are but seeming to be a younger adult in Nigeria, and so partnering with Sheikha over the years has helped to treat them, empower them, give them the sense of living in a reason to be, and sort of encourage them to be the best that they can. So we see that in this scale's acquisition, you've seen people that have sort of gone ahead to become employers of labor. So as we sort of encourage these women to train them, empower them, they also empower others. And so one woman empowers the other, another empowers the other, and then you begin to see an empowered nation at the end of the day. So giving back to the country is one of the goals that we have as a company. And so the partnering with Sheikha is such an opportunity for us to make it happen. Okay, so Sheikha in Nigeria started in 2018, and through our partnership with NMPC Snapco, we've been able to empower thousands of women, 5,000-plus women across different states, from a boy to Jebibu to Lagos. And today we have a Surab community where we are empowering over 400 girls and women, and youth as well, you know, boys are all here as well, you know, we're empowering them on different skill acquisition training, vocational skill, at such a time as this in our nation, when people are confused about what to do, those who are out of jeb, and even some people who are Jebs, who are looking for side hustles or starting up other businesses, you know, this empowerment program is going to help them be able to do much more, and that's the mantra for us as an organization, she can do more. So from this training, this vocational skill training, they were empowered in diverse skills that would help them start up businesses, even at no time to become business owners. The program has effectively illuminated poverty in the lives of many, by promoting significant self-reliance and economic empowerment. Destiny No More, Plus TV News. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel, and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.