FG Pledges Support For Female Commercial Drivers

The Federal Government has pledged to support female professional and commercial drivers in the country.

This was disclosed by the Minister of State for Transportation, Ademola Adegoroye on Wednesday when the leadership of Female Drivers Association of Nigeria visited him in Abuja.

The Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the minister, Ebenezer Adeniyan, stated that female commercial drivers deserve the support of the government to flourish in their chosen profession.

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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.