By Justina Auta
The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs (FMoWA) has urged the United Nations Women (UN Women) to prioritise its partnership with the ministry on women and children for optimal results.
A statement issued on Friday in Abuja by the Director, Press, FMoWA, Mr Shehu Maikai, quoted the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr Anthonia Ekpa, as urging donor agencies to discuss their programmes with the ministry before engaging its directors.
Ekpa made the call during an interactive session with Mrs Patience Ekoeba, UN Women Country Representative to Nigeria and the ECOWAS, Ms Comfort Lamptey.
According to Ekpa, the ministry is committed toward ensuring that all donor agencies programmes billed for implementation in the Ministry are coordinated in order to reduce unintended results.
The Ministry will no longer tolerate a situation where International Programmes such as the International Women Day Celebration and other development projects are carried out haphazardly.
The Permanent Secretary called for collaboration between the ministry with development partners in the area of data generation and staff training, staff training on monitoring, research and evaluation of projects.
There is the need for development partners to provide the Ministry with work tools to include, facility for conducting webinar, computers and laptops, she said.
In the area of communication, the Permanent Secretary called on development partners to work with the Ministrys media team to develop videos clips and dramatization on the need for women to get involved in politics as is done in other clime.
The statement also quoted the UN Women representative reiterating their commitment on execution of projects such as the Spotlight Initiative, security and peace programmes and the Women in Governance project. (NAN)
Source: NAN News