Nafeesa Shah vows efforts to provide solar system to Khairpur college

PPP central leader and MNA Dr Syeda Nafessa Shah has said that the participation of properly skilled and educated girls in the agri-business sector has brought about a sustainable revolution in the agriculture sector of Sindh.

She visited the Khairpur College of Engineering and Technology (KCET) and its labs, classes and computer labs recently. She also held a meeting with students of the KCET.

The PPP lawmaker vowed that all their issues would be resolved, including the problem of the power crisis, and she would make serious efforts to establish a solar system in the college to seek solutions for power outages in their college.

She said that a large number of girls were involved in various value-added services related to the economy of the Khairpur district and nearby industrial hubs.

Nafeesa Shah said that the participation of skilled educated girls in economic activities could help in alleviating poverty in the province as per the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations. She said that women were the backbone of the agriculture sector and a large number of women had been engaged in this sector contributing lion’s share in various agriculture sector fields.

She said that with the help of the Sindh government, she has initiated various programmes in the Khairpur district, which is the hub for the value-added agro-industry of the Sindh province producing major cash crops and seasonal crops. She suggested to students and academic staff that they should propose various projects related to the value-added agro-industry of the district involving girls and women from various villages and towns.