Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu has flagged off the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) Economic Empowerment programme for 1,000 women petty traders in Kogi State.
The programme is part of the continued commitment of the President’s wife to driving economic growth towards a better life for families, especially women across the country.
Wife of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Fatima Tajudeen Abbas stood in for Nigeria’s First Lady, senator Oluremi.
In her message to the occasion, the Nigerian First Lady acknowledged the challenges faced by Small and Medium scale Enterprises (SMEs), especially petty trading which forms the backbone of local economies.
She noted that a total of N1.8billion would be disbursed to the selected 1,000 Kogi women and 37,000 other female petty traders in other states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
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The wife of the Kogi State Governor, Sefinat Ododo, described the programme as a significant stride towards empowering women entrepreneurs and enhancing their economic resilience.
The Kogi State governor, Usman Ododo, described the Renewed Hope Initiative as a visionary master plan to address poverty amongst women.
Ododo pledged he would continue to support the economic reforms of the Tinubu administration
while also reaffirming his administration’s commitment to women empowerment and inclusion by pursuing policies and programmes focusing on women empowerment, particularly in the agriculture sector
(Editor: Ebuwa Omo-Osagie)
