The North East Governors’ Forum has pledged their support for uplifting the lives of Nigerian women through the Renewed Hope Initiative Women Agricultural Support Programme (RHI-WASP), a pet project of the First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu.
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno, who is the chairman of the forum, made this known in Maiduguri at the launch of the initiative for the North East geopolitical zone.
Zulum, who lauded the first lady for providing opportunities for women in urban and rural areas, said the forum would deliberate on the initiative and the best way to support it in empowering women and other vulnerable groups.
The governor said that agriculture was at the at the top of the state government’s programmes.
In her remarks, the North East Zone Chairman of the RHI-WASP, who is also the wife of Bauchi State Governor, Aisha Mohammed, assured the support of governors’ wives in the zone for the success of the initiative.
Mohammed said that governors’ wives in the zone also have their pet projects to complement such initiatives of empowering the vulnerable.
Also speaking, the wife of Borno governor, Dr. Falmata Zulum, said the support given to women and other vulnerable people has given them a sense of belonging.
She said that as chairman of the programme implementation of the RHI in Borno, she would ensure that women and the vulnerable benefit from the programme.
NAN reports that the first lady, represented by the wife of the Vice President, Hajiya Nana Shettima, presented checks to wives of governors from the north-east states for distribution to women beneficiaries of the programme.
NAN reports that the first lady’s initiative has agriculture, health, education, social investment, and economic empowerment as focal areas. (NAN)
