Community women in FCT were advised to break the glass ceiling as far as leadership is concerned, as this will pave way for development in rural communities in FCT. Over the week, Centre for Information Technology and Development with support from Actionaid Nigeria built the capacity of women to actively seek for  leadership positions. It is indeed a blessing that women are the pioneers of  change but it also comes with great responsibility.

How women will be judged with regards to leadership potential will be based on the grassroots women performance.   The main objective of the programme is to strengthen community based organization for sustainable development in the community. 15 communities from 4 Area Councils in FCT benefitted from the programme. In AMAC: Tungan Ashere, Tungan Nasara, Angwa Gwalada, Dakwa, Gofidna and Jiwa. In Bwari: Guto, Kuchibuyi and Pasepa. In Kwali: Pai, Leleyi Gwari, Kilankwa. In Kuje: Gaube, Tukpheci and Kayache were all beneficiaries.

Almost all the communities have women community based organizations. Some of CBOs meets once every week, while some monthly. Interestingly, they support each other with small business loan through the monthly contribution they do. Their major source of livelihood is farming, as majority of the women are into selling farm produce.

The women were trained on how sustain their CBOs. The women highlighted the problems each CBOs was facing. Among all is financial sustainability, they were advised on how to ensure steady flow of funds for maintaining and continuing the organizations work by giving out loan with interest and the importance of women engaging in businesses.

They were advised to take up leadership role in the community; it is paramount for their voices to be heard, engaging in politics and ensuring transparency and accountability. The importance of girl child education was also discussed. Most of these communities lack basic amenities, the women were advised to seek for accountability from their representatives in governance.