The First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Oluremi Tinubu, CON said the economic transformation and development of the nation calls for collaborative efforts on the part of both the government and the governed.
She was speaking at the flag-off of the Renewed Hope Initiative, RHI women Agricultural Support Programme (RHI-WASP) held in the South East Zone. The women farmers got a grant of N500,000.00 each and farm inputs according to their areas of specialization in addition to agricultural inputs such as fingerlings, fish and poultry feeds, 3 weeks old birds, bundle of improved cassava stems, bags of fertilizers and others. This intervention for women farmers by the Renewed Hope Initiative, RHI would be taken round all the geopolitical zones of Nigeria.
Senator Oluremi Tinubu reiterated the commitment of the RHI to supporting women farmers across the nation. Senator Oluremi Tinubu through the RHI Social Investment Program also gave out Small Business Recapitalization Grants of One Hundred Thousand Naira each to 100 Persons With Disabilities
“All farm produce will be bought over by the National Agricultural Land Development Authority, NALDA after you harvest your products. Also the one hundred women farmers present today will commence their training programme this week while other farmers from other states within the South East Zone will commence their training within their states as scheduled by NALDA officials afterwards and will also receive agricultural inputs from NALDA simultaneously”.
Earlier in his remarks, the Imo State Governor Senator Hope Uzodinma appealed to the citizens to keep faith with the government as it is doing everything possible to ensure a better and more prosperous nation.
First Lady Visits Imo Women with Agric Inputs, Cash
