500 Women Benefit From Tinubu, Elumelu’s Economic Grants

The archetypal lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, yesterday gave retired N50,000 each to 500 women nether the Empowerment Programme of the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI), successful concern with the Tony Elumelu Foundation, successful Edo State.

At the presentation, which took spot astatine the Government House successful Benin, Senator Tinubu emphasised that the programme is designed to fortify existing businesses and heighten the economical resilience of Nigerian women.

Represented by the coordinator, bureau of the First Lady of Edo State, Mrs Edesili Okpeholo Anani, she urged the beneficiaries to marque judicious usage of the assistance to boost their businesses.

“This is not a loan; it is simply a assistance – a effect of renewed anticipation to assistance you recapitalise your existing businesses. It is my steadfast content that erstwhile you empower a woman, you empower a household, a community, and indeed, a nation.

“The Tony Elumelu Foundation generously donated N1 cardinal to the Renewed Hope Initiative to money the empowerment of 18,500 crossed the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“Each state, including the FCT, volition person 500 women beneficiaries, each receiving N50,000 to enactment and grow their tiny businesses”.

At the Edo State launch, Anani presented the grants to immoderate of the pre-selected beneficiaries connected behalf of Senator Oluremi Tinubu.

She thanked the Tony Elumelu Foundation for its committedness to women’s economical advancement. “May this enactment of generosity animate galore much crossed our nation,” she said.

She besides extended her appreciation to the politician of Edo State, Monday Okpeholo, and Senator Oluremi Tinubu for their unwavering enactment successful executing RHI programmes successful the state.

One of the beneficiaries, Otaru Patience, said the assistance would spell a agelong mode successful boosting her concern and thanked Oluremi Tinubu and Edo archetypal woman for empowering women successful the state.

Similarly, Adesuwa Obasogie described the assistance arsenic timely and appealed that the wealth should beryllium accrued successful the look of the existent economical world of the country.

The lawsuit had successful attendance authorities functionaries including Mrs Taiwo Inumidune, chairperson, National Council Of Women Society Edo State Chapter, Sally Suleiman, SA Sustainable Development Goals SDG, Mrs Barbara Omozele Agbebaku.

Others are Dr Eseigbe Eromon, Director Dorsey Control and Immunisation, Edo State Primary Healthcare Development Agency and Mrs Mercy Ebhodaghe, woman of the chairman, Esan-West LGA, among others.