Remi Tinubu food outreach reach Ogun as 32nd state, Akwa Ibom na next
- The Renewed Hope Initiative give food items to widows, pipo wey get disability and oda vulnerable residents for Abeokuta on Wednesday.
- Nana Shettima, wife of di Vice President, represent di First Lady for di June 12 Cultural Centre for Kuto.
- Organisers talk say Ogun na di 32nd state wey dem cover, and dem announce Akwa Ibom as di next one wey go benefit.
Widows, pipo wey get disability and oda vulnerable residents for Ogun State receive food items on Wednesday as di Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) carry dia food outreach come Abeokuta, di state capital.
Di distribution happen for di June 12 Cultural Centre for Kuto. Di First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, bin get di wife of di Vice President, Hajiya Nana Shettima, to represent am, and na she hand di items give di Ogun governor wife, Mrs Bamidele Abiodun, so she go share am.
According to di organisers, Ogun na di 32nd state to benefit since di programme start for 2024. Dem announce Akwa Ibom as di next state on di list.
Di scheme dey give two truckload of different kind food items every month, and dem dey share am through di wives of state governors, wey be RHI coordinators for dia states. Di Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR Africa) dey support di programme, join bodi with one donor wey choose to remain anonymous.
Wetin di donors and leaders talk
ASR Africa Managing Director, Dr Ubon Udoh, talk say di organisation get annual intervention budget of $100 million, and half of am, about $50 million, dem set aside for Nigeria. He describe di partnership with RHI as way to bring back dignity to vulnerable families.
Speaking through Shettima, di First Lady talk say di outreach dey meant to support President Bola Tinubu Renewed Hope Agenda by helping families wey dey face economic hardship. She thank di donors and praise Governor Dapo Abiodun and him wife for dia welfare efforts for di state.
Governor Abiodun talk say him administration dey back farmers with better access to farm inputs, modern farming methods and stronger link between farms, processing centres and markets. He argue say food aid must go hand in hand with lasting solutions.
"A family wey dey face hunger need support today and sustainable source of income tomorrow," he talk.
Di governor also talk say vulnerability no suppose shut anybody out of opportunities. "Vulnerability no dey reduce person capacity or worth and e no suppose be reason to exclude anybody," he talk.
He urge officials, community representatives and volunteers to make sure di items reach di pipo wey dem mean for am openly and with respect, and to plan di sharing so dat old pipo and pipo wey get disability no go dey stand for long queue.
Mrs Abiodun thank di First Lady for di support, talk say e go help improve livelihoods and household income for di state.
Wetin go happen next
Di food items don dey with di Ogun governor wife now, and she go coordinate di distribution across di state. Akwa Ibom na next for di monthly consignment, according to di organisers.
