First lady of Jigawa state, Hajiya Hadiza Umar Namadi, Monday said a good percentage of women in the state had been empowered with money to improve their petty businesses and palliatives to feed their families.
In another round of palliatives distribution to about 1,200 women across the 27 local government areas, the first lady said it is a continuous process.
Mrs Namadi after flagging off of the disbursement at the Banquet Hall, Government House, Dutse, told reporters in an interview that the magnanimous series of palliatives distribution gesture came from the Nigerian first lady, Senator Olu Remi Tinubu.
The 1,200 vulnerable women received 25kg bags of rice each donated by Senator Tinubu who has been giving out such palliatives in the state to cushion down the effect of food scarcity.
Two weeks ago, another set of 1,200 Jigawa vulnerable women had received similar gesture which was also said to have come from the Senator Tinubu.
Last week, another 200 women were empowered with N50, 000.00 each at Gwari village in Dutse local government area.
Mrs Namadi told reporters that the beneficiaries were drawn from the 27 local government areas most of whom are vulnerable to the point that they could not afford three square meals a day.
She said the present administration is committed to the service of humanity and the less privileged in the society so nobody is left out of the dividends of democracy.
“In the selection of the beneficiaries, we used the communities, we went through the religious leaders and the traditional rulers to come up with the list of those that deserve to benefit from the gesture,” she stated.
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