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Over 8,000 Rural Women across Local Government Areas in Lagos State today benefitted from the Federal Government Special Grants of N20,000 for rural women in the State.
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Lagos State Governor, @jidesanwoolu, who spoke through his deputy, @drobafemihamzat, stated that the objectives of the initiative are in line with the present administration’s T.H.E.M.E.S agenda and reflect the commitment of the government to the Sustainable Development Goals.

He described the event as a further testament of government’s determination to change the socio-economic development narrative of Lagos State to a different level, where rural women become the centrepiece of a strategy in poverty reduction through women empowerment.
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Sanwo-Olu stressed that the government will continue to initiate specifically designed empowerment programmes that will cushion the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural women and their small-scale businesses in the State. 
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“The grant should be judiciously utilised for good returns on investment, as this is the main vision behind the initiative”, the Governor asserted.
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The Minister for Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Umar Farouk, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mallam Bashir Nura Akali, disclosed that the Special Grant for Rural Women programme was introduced in 2020

To sustain the social inclusion agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, in line with the Federal Government’s vision of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years.
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The Minister added that the scheme was designed to provide a one-off grant to some of the poorest and most vulnerable women in rural and peri-urban areas with a cash grant of N20,000 disbursed to about 125,000 poor women across the 36 States of the Federation and the FCT.
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The Lagos State Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Mrs. Yetunde Arobieke, stated that the gesture goes to highlight the spirited effort of the present administration to underscore its responsiveness to matters that affect its citizens.
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