The Victims Support Fund had earmarked N120 million to support 7,000 widows and other vulnerable women affected by the Boko Haram insurgency.
This was made known by the Executive Director, Prof. Sunday Ocheche at the inauguration of the project held in Maiha Local Government Area of Adamawa on Wednesday.
He disclosed that the beneficiaries were those in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states. Ocheche said that the development was to assist, improve livelihood and create business opportunity for the widows who lost their husbands to Boko Haram insurgency.
He said each of the beneficiary will receive N20,000 cash to restart a small business of her choice.
The executive director said the programme started last year with 1,000 Internally Displaced Women living in some camps in Maiduguri.
He added that after the successful outcome result of the exercise, the organisation decided to expand it to reach more women and cover additional affected states.
He explained that due to the dynamic nature of the project, it would be extended to cover other affected states in the region in the future.
In her remark, Prof. Nana Tanko, the Director of the Programme of VSF, said Borno had the highest number of beneficiaries of 3,500 and would be given N50m grant.
