Over 8000 Women In Lagos State Benefit From Special Cash Grant

• The Federal Government in its ongoing special cash grant for rural women project has distributed N20,000 to over 8000 women in Lagos State.

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Over 8,000 Rural Women across Local Government Areas in Lagos State have benefitted from the Federal Government Special Grants of N20,000 for rural women.

The deputy Governor Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, who represented the state Governor, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu during the flag-off ceremony held at the Police College, Ikeja, on Friday commended President Muhammadu Buhari for initiating the Special Cash Grant for rural women.

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.

“Today’s event is a further testimony of our government determination to change the socio-economic development narrative of this country and Lagos to the level where our women will be the cornerstone or centerpiece of our strategy in fighting poverty through empowerment.

“We will continue to initiate specifically designed empowerment programmes that will assist in cushioning the effect of this COVID-19 Pandemic on all the citizens especially our rural women and their small businesses.

“The initiative will go a long way in boosting their businesses and assist them to overcome post COVID-19 socio-economic challenges,” Sanwo-Olu said.

Sanwo-Olu appealed to the beneficiaries not to see the grant as a share of national cake but use the grant to boost their businesses and trade for greater income.

One of the beneficiaries, Mrs Monsuratu Ogundipe, appreciated President Buhari and the minister for providing them with the grant to add to their businesses and promised to use it judiciously to grow her business and be an employer of labour.

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Also at the ceremony, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Farouq, reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to alleviate poverty in the country.

Farouq, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Bashir Alkali, said that Federal Government’s target in Lagos was over 8000 beneficiaries across all the local government councils of the state. “The grant is expected to increase income and productive assets of target beneficiaries.

“It is our hope that the beneficiaries of this programme will make good use of the grant to generally contribute towards improving their living standards. “The grant belongs to you; use it in any small business venture you deem fit that will improve your lives,”.

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