Wife of the President senator Oluremi Tinubu has asked wives of the Governors to remain steadfast and supportive of one another.
She was speaking during the meeting she had with them at the State House Abuja under the umbrella of the Renewed Hope Initiative.
while commending the Governors’ wives for their efforts in ameliorating the hardships occasioned by the removal of the fuel subsidy in their states, she appealed to them to intensify their efforts.
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Senator Remi disclosed that there would be the launch of the “We Are Equal” “We Are the Same Campaign,” an initiative of the Organization of African First ladies for Development, OAFLAD geared towards women empowerment, promoting economic growth and advance gender equity.
At the meeting, it was also revealed that the Renewed Hope Initiative RHI, will be distributing One Million, Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand (1,950,000) Exercise Books to Public Primary and Junior Secondary Schools across the Nation.
The First Lady explained that women farmers would get N500,000.00 each and a total draft of Ten Million Naira (N10,000,000) will be given to five (5) RHI State Coordinators/First Ladies as the case may be.
In addition, the National Agricultural Land Development Authority, (NALDA) in partnership with the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) will support additional eighty (80) women farmers from each State with the provision of training and capacity building, agricultural inputs and buy off all produce from the farms after harvest.
The group also unveiled the proposed Young farmers Club for Public Schools in each state of the Federation with the proposed uniforms for members.
Editor Paul Akhagbemhe
