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FG Plans Special Scholarships, Credit Schemes From Kingsley Nwezeh and Julcit Onigbogi in Abuja By December this year, women and children in the 36 states of the country would benefit from a planned micro credit and scholarship schemes planned by the Federal Government. Dropping the hint yesterday in Abuja during a ministerial press briefing, Minister of Women Affairs, Obong Rita Akpan, said the scheme was designed to improve the standard of living in rural areas of the country. She said a committee comprising banks, civil society organisations, community-based non-governmental organisations and leaders of thought in the rural areas had been set up to work out the operational modalities of the schemes. She noted that the scholarship scheme would encompass children in the rural areas but maintained that the criteria for gaining scholarship would be dependent on the level of poverty of the parents of such a child. "Those women who are complaining that they have not benefited from the Obasanjo administration will soon benefit. By December, women in all states of the country will do so. If you don't benefit, your child will benefit. "The criteria is that your child must be very intelligent but poor. Every state will benefit by December. If you don't benefit, your relation will," she said. On the child rights bill, she said her ministry is working round the clock as it has finalised two periodic reports on the proposed law. On the Beinjing resolution, he said Nigeria is billed to be in Addis Ababa by June next year to fine-tune the country's position and finish the final draft. The Minister also spoke on health-related matters in response to a question on women/children and health. She noted that government and its several agencies were working concienciously to arrest health problems. She advised women of child bearing age and pregnant women to patronise the hospitals instead of prayer houses. Who Are We ? | About THISDAYOnLine.com | THISDAY People | Contact Us © Copyright 2000 Leaders & Company Limited

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