FG Vows to Support Female Commercial Drivers

Ademola Adegoroye, The Minister of State for Transportation has promised to encourage the Federal Government for female professional and commercial drivers in the country.

On Wednesday, the minister made the promise when he received the leadership of Female Drivers Association of Nigeria in his office.

According to a statement by Ebenezer Adeniyan, the Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the minister, he said that  female commercial drivers must be encouraged to flourish in their chosen profession.

Adegoroye further noted that the federal ministry of transportation will look into the request of the association to have female professional drivers employed into the ministry, stressing the need for government to give the needed recognition to female drivers.

Speaking earlier, the President of the association, Eunice Odeghe, said FEDAN was formed to bring all women professional drivers and automobile workers together under one umbrella to promote their interests and to deal with their challenges.

The association also decorated the minister as a its patron.

(Punch)