The Wife of the Lagos State Governor, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, has pleaded with women to support the ‘Renewed Hope’ Initiative (RHI) of the Federal Government.
Sanwo-Olu urged women under the aegis of Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials, (COWLSO) to use their various circle of influence on the priority areas of the Federal Government, in order to allow the message cascade appropriately to the grassroots.
She gave the advice at a programme organized by her office for all wives of Lagos State Government functionaries and wives of Chairmen of the 57 Local Government and Local Council Development Areas.
The programme tagged “Sensitization on Renewed Hope Initiative” was held at the First Lady’s Banquet Hall, Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja.
“The charity based initiative, a pet project of the First Lady of Nigeria, Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu is targeted at providing succour and relief to vulnerable women and girls in Nigeria and the primary focus of the initiative is on Quality Education, Qualitative Healthcare, Social Investment, Economic Development and Agriculture.
“While the First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu is canvassing support for the Renewed Hope Agenda through the wives of the various State Governors across the country, all the First Ladies within the South-West Geo-Political Zone will also intensify efforts to independently entrench the mantra of renewed hope within their domains.
“The area of focus for the wives of the South-West Governors are Education and Agriculture and this involves the award of scholarship, girl child education, adult education, out of school drop-outs, alternative high school for girls, training on agriculture, cooperative grant, provision of fertilizers, seedlings, pesticides, tools and equipment,” she said.
Speaking on the contributions of her Office to ameliorate the present economic situation in the country, she said that relief packages are being distributed to complement the fifty per cent reduction in the cost of transportation for Lagos Bus Rapid Transit System (BRT) users given to residents by Lagos State Government.
The relief packages according to her “were in form of uncooked food stuff like rice, beans, garri, semo, vegetable oil, amongst others, which were distributed to vulnerable families in Idi-Araba, Ijora Badia, Agege and Ebute Metta.”
She added that there is need for more of such interventions which would further be corroborated by the Office of the First Lady of Nigeria.
