18/06/09
Outside of the village, we run around in town trying to carry out informal interviews and make suitable contacts for the call-in radio forum. On this fateful Thursday, I arrive at Kujama, where the Local Government secretariat is located. I am directed to the office where cooperative societies are registered and after 15 minutes a beautiful Fulani lady with a baby on her back attends to me. (Unfortunately, she won’t let me take her picture; maybe next time) She gives me forms for the women to fill and a prospectus containing all that the women need to know. I pay 3,000.00 Naira (20 dollars) as part registration for the women and I promise to pay the rest when I return the forms. She asks me if we have been able to open an account and I tell her the bank said we must finish with the Local Government first and kindly enough, she offers me a request form to give to the bank from them. No doubt, when it comes to the nitty gritty’s of the cooperative societies, she is who we and the women of Agbada association should be speaking with. To top my growing excitement, a gentleman walks in and she addresses him in Gbagyi language (Kaduna is made up of several ethnic groups and I least expected her to speak Gbagyi)I start to think that this lady should be one of our guests on radio. Just as if she read my mind, the lady officer tells me that every other issue will be discussed when the registration is completed.
Seember
