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BENIN CITY – The Edo State Polytechnic, Usen, has commenced engagement with skilled artisans, equipment fabricators and other key stakeholders in the formal and non-formal sectors of the economy in Edo State in pursuance of a project to construct an eco-friendly generator for low-income female artisans in Nigeria.
The institution won a grant for the project from the Carleton University and the Canadian government through its Centre for Gender Studies and Women Development for Gender Equality and Gendered Design in Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) programmme.
The interactive session which was held in Benin City, the Edo State capital, had artisans and women groups from across the state in attendance.
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