The wife of the President, Remi Tinubu, on Tuesday inaugurated the maiden Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) women’s agricultural support group programme for the South-East to boost agriculture in the region.
In a speech at the ceremony in Owerri, Mrs Tinubu said the programme was in fulfilment of her commitment to continuing to promote the welfare of the womenfolk, particularly farmers in the country.
She said that RHI was committed to supporting women farmers with the broader national agenda to strengthen the agricultural sector.
“President Bola Tinubu’s administration recognises the pivotal role that agriculture plays in achieving sustainable development and ensuring food sufficiency.
“To this end, this is a two-in-one programme designed to support our women farmers nationwide.
“On one hand, the RHI is supporting 20 women farmers per state with the sum of N500,000 each,” she said.
The first lady also said that N10 million would be distributed to beneficiaries in each of the five Southeastern states through the RHI state coordinators.
“On the other hand, the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA), in partnership with RHI, is supporting extra 80 women farmers, together with our 20 women farmers per state, making it 100 women per state to be supported financially,” she said.
She also said that the beneficiaries in Imo would commence their training during the week while other beneficiaries in the zone would commence their capacity training as scheduled by NALDA.
