Norgem, Norgem Noilers Empowers Imo Rural Women with Poultry, Feeds for Improved Livelihood

A charitable organisation, Norgem Noilers in collaboration with Norgem (Nig.) Limited has empowered some Imo rural women with poultry and poultry products to enable them start up businesses to improve their livelihood.

Mrs Norma Nworga a Philanthropic from Mbaise extraction, while distributing the poultry products to the women at Isiala Central School Nnarambia Ahiara Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area (LGA) said the aim was to make to the rural women self reliant.

She explained that there was need to empower Nigerian women to be self sufficient to measure up financially with their contemporaries in other climes as well ass cushion the effect of the present economic challenges.

She said the charitable programme, the third in the series and on a first come first serve basis, with no political undertone, would have 200 women collecting eight birds each, drugs and feeds, with teachings on the best way to grow and manage the birds commercially and for a better yield.

Nworga added that the beneficiaries would be monitored to ensure the poultry products were utlised as expected.

The Norgem Noilers coordinator noted that a lot of testimonies abound of women who had improved their living condition through growing the birds adding that the birds -Noiler Birds- is a product of Amo Farm Sieberer Hatchery Ltd.

“Noiler bird is a dual purpose breed of chicken developed in Nigeria by Amo Farm Sieberer Hatchery. Noilers are suitable for rural communities and small holder farmers and can address the challenges of animal food insecurity.

“Ours is a charitable programme to solve financial challenges of the Imo rural women dwellers as Noiler production is very profitable,” she said.

She noted that another of such empowerment would hold by September in Ahiazu Mbaise LGA after which the gesture would be extended to women in other local government areas of Imo.

Mrs Peace Opara, a representative of Amo Farms Sieberer Hatchery Ltd., the producers of Noiler Birds, described the bird as a rare breed (a combination of a higher commercial breed of bird and a local one) and a dual propose bird that gives both food and money.

She enjoined the women to imbibe the teachings on the proper care and management of the birds for a better yield.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some beneficiaries of the gesture appreciated the organisers for their generousity and desire to make the rural women self reliant and prayed God to bless them so they could reach out to women in other LGAs.

Mrs Augustina Onyekwere from Umuofor Nnaramba in Ahiazu LGA on behalf of the beneficiaries expressed gratitude to Norgem Noilers for the empowerment programme.

She said 200 of them recieved eight of the birds, feeds, drugs and a T Shirt assuring that they would grow the poultry business as expected.

Mrs Chizara Nworga and Mrs Dorothy Ogbankwa all from Umuokirika Umuezeure in Ahiazu Mbiase LGA, who were former beneficiaries, said their chicken had grown into big birds ready to be sold while some had started laying eggs.

They thanked the group for their benovelency adding that the gesture had brought succour to majority of the women in their locality.

NAN reports that over 2000 women, aside the beneficiaries, were on ground to see how they could benefit from the gesture.