In the words of the female mechanic, Joyce Dacer Adam, “Yesterday afternoon, at about 3:15pm, I was getting ready to leave for Female Entrepreneurship
In the words of the female mechanic, Joyce Dacer Adam, “Yesterday afternoon, at about 3:15pm, I was getting ready to leave for Female Entrepreneurship and Employment Network Int’l (FEENI) INT’L WOMEN’S DAY 2020 event.
“Immediately, I saw three Hilux parked in front of my workshop with Men from Development Control and FCDA, Abuja to survey a building opposite us not knowing it was our workshop they were actually targeting and they left. But few minutes later, I saw a Hiab in VIO colour Parked in front of our gate and another behind it, then 3 bulldozer and started seeing different Hilux with troop of Civil Defence,Tax Force, SSS,VIO, Police and others without uniform they were more than 100.
“They forced their way in, slapped my employees, beat me and began destroying my workshop, towed away Six (6) customers’ vehicles and all effort to make them stop was futile. They didn’t stop until they destroyed a large part of my workshop and almost injured a woman and her child. Everything I have worked for, for years was brought down in less than 30minutes.
“My 7 years old daughter who just returned from school with her sisters started crying and was asking me, “Mummy are they going to kill us”?
“I was crying and said no, She asked again, did they Shoot you? Fortunately, other mechanic garages around were left untouched. Is this what a women who is encouraging other women through her capacity training in automotive and create employment opportunities to eradicate social vices should receive rather than been encouraged?
“This is what I get for Creating Jobs for Nigerian Youth, This is what I get for empowering women to be self-reliant all in the name of the place is not designed for Mechanic workshop except Residential, Will I build and live a comfortable life when I don’t have a Job? Will I build on my Land when Nigeria youth are Suffering?
“Thank you FCT for destroying what I laboured for. Thank you, Nigeria Government, for taking back the grant you gave me to Establish my business. Thank you for bringing me back to Zero. Thank you for sending us back home. Thank you for beating me up for being a female mechanic and an entrepreneur. I am calling the attention of Nigerians to this Injustice.”
