The Deputy Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Hajia Lariba Zuwera Abudu, has received an award in recognition of her passion and commitment for good governance, youth and women empowerment for 2021, the year under review by IWAI, the Impactful Women Awards Initiative.
The Impactful Women Awards aims at recognizing and rewarding the efforts of women who are making positive impact globally.
Hajia Lariba Abudu who doubles as the Member of Parliament for Walewale in the North East Region was also presented with a certificate of induction into the 2021 Impactful Women Awards Hall of Fame.
The lawmaker thanked the organizers for the recognition and pledged to empower and support more women in the country and across the globe.
On her Facebook page, the Walewale MP said, “Today in the office, I received a 2021 Passion for Good Governance award for being a blessing to my constituents; my efforts in youth/women empowerment, accessibility and commitment in supporting the president deliver dividends of democracy to Ghanaians”.
“I want to say a big Thank you to Impactful Women Awards for the recognition” she added.
Widows Fund
The former deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Northern Development Authority (NDA) during the last Christmas presented hampers and cash amount to over 600 widows in her constituency and announced plans to launch the Walewale widows’ fund.
The fund, she noted in an interview with THE CUSTODIAN, is expected to cater for the welfare of widows in the East Mamprusi municipality by providing startup capitals for these vulnerable women who have the intentions of doing business as well as cushioning others who already have businesses to expand.
In this regard, she presented an amount of GHS12,000 as seed capital before the official launch of the endowment fund.
Hajia Lariba further intimated the intervention is geared towards improving the livelihood of these vulnerable persons which impact over time will drastically reduce poverty in the area and prevent these women from travel to major cities in the country in search non-existing jobs and in the rare opportune times engage in very hazardous economic activities such as Kayayei (Head potters).
