Nigerian program empowers women with business equipment
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The Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (OSSAP-SDGs) and the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) provided business equipment to 4,500 vulnerable women across the five states of South-east Nigeria.
The program distributed items like deep freezers and grinding machines to help women start or improve businesses. In Imo State, First Lady Oluremi Tinubu added N250 million in direct financial support, giving N100,000 to each of the 2,500 beneficiaries there.
The initiative, which also reached women in North-central, South-south, and South-west Nigeria, aims to empower a total of 18,500 women nationwide, 500 from each of Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. Senator Uzodimma, the Governor of Imo State, supported an additional 2,000 women in his state, increasing the total number of beneficiaries in the South-east.
Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, explained that the program focuses on providing productive assets to women from vulnerable groups, including widows and wives of fallen heroes. She and other officials encouraged the women to use the equipment to build sustainable businesses and improve their families’ well-being, linking the initiative to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those related to gender equality and economic growth.
