FIC REPORT (EBONYI STATE) – Wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has distributed empowerment items to 500 indigent women in Ebonyi State.
The items include deep freezers, gas cookers with ovens, power generators and industrial grinding machines to support the beneficiaries in starting new businesses or improving their existing enterprises.
Presenting the items, the wife of the President, who was represented by the wife of the Ebonyi State Governor, Mrs Mary-Maudline Nwifuru, said the gesture was also ongoing simultaneously in Abia, Anambra, Enugu and Imo states.
She disclosed that the programme was made possible through the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Tinubu said that by the end of the nationwide rollout of the initiative, 18,000 women would have been empowered across the country, with 500 beneficiaries selected from each state and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The initiative was first launched in Abuja for the North-Central Zone in February 2026, followed by the distribution of empowerment items in the South-South Zone on April 25, 2026, and the South-West Zone on August 23, 2026.
She said the programme aligned with the Renewed Hope Initiative of President Bola Tinubu, recognising the critical role women play in nation-building.
She encouraged the beneficiaries to use the items judiciously to achieve the objectives of the programme.
The representative of the Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Dr Ify Ukaegbu, warned the beneficiaries against selling the items.
She said the gesture was aimed at expanding economic opportunities for indigent and vulnerable women across the country.
BAKARE LAURETTA
HOC FIC ABAKALIKI
9/9/2026
