First Lady empowers 250 PWDs in Nasarawa with N50m

At least 250 Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) in Nasarawa State have benefited from the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) Economic Empowerment Programme by Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu.

Speaking at the disbursement exercise in Lafia on Wednesday, the First Lady disclosed that each beneficiary would receive N200,000, adding that the support would help reduce poverty among vulnerable and less privileged persons.

Senator Oluremi, represented at the event by Hauwa Jugbo, Nasarawa State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Humanitarian Services, said the initiative was a business capitalization grant to support PWDs in starting or expanding their businesses.

She noted that similar support had been extended to all 36 states, the FCT, and the Defence and Police Officers’ Wives Association.

“Each state of the federation, the FCT, and the Defence and Police Officers’ Wives Association was given N50 million, amounting to N1.9 billion,” she said.