NASFAT empowers youths with entrepreneurship skills
The Nasiru-Lahi-L-Fathi Society of Nigeria (NASFAT) has empowered about 1,000 Muslim men and women across the country with entrepreneurial skills to enable them have financial liberation.
The National Women Affairs Secretary, NASFAT Alhaja Bola Suwebat Kupolati, at the National Women’s week empowerment programme graduation ceremony held in Lagos, said the Islamic organisation is passionate about empowerment to enable Muslims gain financial stability.
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She said the graduation was part of the NASFAT Women Week, which involves several other programmes including, disbursement of palliatives, fasting by all women with prayers for the nation, and virtual lectures on balancing career and family, among others.
She said: “Empowerment is one of the many things that NASFAT is keen about. We need to empower our women. We need to engage our women. We need to continue to look at what we can do to enable us sustain our family,” she said.
Kupolati urged women to learn more trade and support their husbands in creating a wealthy family.
She noted that NASFAT has succeeded in training about 1,000 people in 11 different areas, such as clothing, tailoring, snacks making, beads making among others.
The NASFAT women leader enjoined the graduands to do more advanced training in order to become core professionals in their business areas.
“Register your business, build reputation for your company, and manage your resources efficiently,” she added.
The National Empowerment Secretary, Alhaji Ibrahim Olasunkanmi said empowerment is pivotal to living a better life.
Noting that the programme was in line with the four cardinal points of NASFAT which is tagged: HELD, meaning Health Education, Livelihood, Dawah, he said empowerment creates better livelihood for the people.
He said the beneficiaries are also well equipped with digital marketing skills, to be able to showcase thier products online.
He enjoined to beneficiaries to engage in further training on their areas of specialisation and diversify their source of income.
He said more training are going to be done by NASFAT to ensure that the people are financially liberated.
On NASFAT’s contribution to help Nigerians to cushion the effect of recession, he said: “In a short while we will be giving a grant, which about 600 homes will benefit. We will encourage more philanthropists to support what we are dong, so that we can be able to empower more people and uplift their livelihood,” he said.
Chairman of the occasion, Alhaji Olubodun Yusuf, said the skill acquisition programme would go a long way to impact on the wellbeing of Muslims.
He said: “Being empowered means you are getting freedom from poverty, so you must be determined and dedicated to be progressive in your commercial endeavours.
The Guest Lecturer, Alhaji Muftaudeen Abiodun Oyenekan, who spoke on “finding financial freedom and stability post COVID-19” said the skills acquired should be optimally utilised for a sustainable business entity.
He enjoined the young entrepreneurs to get superior knowledge of the business requirements and be determined to be successful amid stiff competition.
He urged the graduands to define their business approach and pursue it vigorously.
The training focused on processing of Locus beans, plantain flowers, processing of dry fishes which can be packaged for export, tie and die clothes, snail rearing among others
