Nigeria”s first lady launches renewed hope initiative programme for South West Women in Abeokuta
The first lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu on Tuesday launched a social intervention programme under the Renewed Hope Initiative for benefits of 120 women from the six south west states who are to get the sum of N60million from project.
Penpushing reports that the Women Agricultural Support Programme flag off wa held during the 2024 Ogun State Planting Season, held at the Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta, where Tinubu also assured that N10million would be given to 100 persons with disability to capitalize their existing businesses.
“Today, we are supporting 20 women farmers per state with the sum of N500,000 each. To this end, a draft of N10million per state for the South West zone will be handed over to the first ladies of Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo states who are the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) state coordinators for onward disbursement to all beneficiaries in their respective states”,she said.
“The Renewed Hope Initiative Social Investment Programme will be empowering 100 persons with disability, small business owners in Ogun State with a sum of N100,000 each to recapitalise their existing businesses”, Tinubu added.
Penpushing further reports that in the same vein she disclosed that the Renewed Hope Initiative would be collaborating with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture to empower farmers, explaining that 75% of the beneficiaries who will be young female farmers and 25% young male farmers would be specially identified, trained and empowered under the program.
The wife of the President, while adding that the pre-identified 80 women farmers in each state for agricultural support program would be carried along, urged women farmers to seize the opportunity to expand their agricultural ventures and contribute to local and national food production.
“In a short while, the Renewed Hope Initiative will be collaborating with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture to empower potential farmers. In this phase, 75% of the beneficiaries will be young female farmers while 25% will be for young male farmers. They will all be specially identified, trained and empowered’, she stated
“I want to implore our women farmers receiving support today to seize this opportunity to expand their agricultural ventures, contribute to local and national food production and serve as role models for others aspiring to join the agricultural sector”, Tinubu added.
Penpushing also reports that Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun earlier in his remarks disclosed that his administration through the Oko’owo Dapo scheme has assisted over 50,000 women to grow their businesses with additional funding from the Federal Government for the Women Project.
The Governor who added that the total investment of the scheme now stands at about N1.5billion, said the Ogun Broiler Empowerment Scheme through which day old chicks were given to women and broilers taken from them every 90 days, have also empowered over 500 women agric entrepreneurs.
Penpushing reports that Abiodun while noting that his administration has also launched Ibi-Dero, an initiative specifically targeted at pregnant indigent women for pre-natal delivery, post-natal and neo-natal care free of charge, maintained that his administration has succeeded in reducing Maternal and Child Mortality Rate in the state.
The Governor pointed out that his administration has prioritized the welfare and empowerment of women as a result of their population, adding that his government has also implemented programmes aimed to boost the status of women by including them in politics, governance and economic activities as well as providing education for girls.
Penpushing further reports he explained that the Renewed Hope Initiative Women Agricultural Support Programme, holds a special resonance as it mirrors the resilience and tenacity of women in the state and the South West, saying that the spirit of women is integral to driving agricultural innovation and economic growth.
The Governor while noting that Renewed Hope Initiative program symbolizes the determination of his administration to uplift women farmers, fortifying the agricultural framework and aligning with the sustainable development goals to ensure food security and sufficiency, added that investing in women extends beyond moral obligations.
Penpushing also reports that the first lady of Ogun state Bamidele Abiodun in her remarks, noted that the initiative is to celebrate and empower women in agriculture, commending the first lady for sponsoring students with interest in agriculture to Belarus for more studies.
The Ogun State coordinator of the project pointed out that supporting women in agriculture in the state would help to improve the agriculture value chain, adding that the discrimination against people with disabilities would soon become a thing of the past with the determination of the first lady of Nigeria to make the required difference.
Penpushing reports that the South West Zonal Coordinator for the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) and wife of the Governor of Oyo State,Tamunominini Olufunke Makinde in her own remarks noted that the support program would assist women in agriculture thereby improving the agriculture sector of the states, urging the beneficiaries to use the support judiciously.
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