Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has unveiled plans to distribute 10,000 health kits, including scrubs, to aid nurses and midwives across the South-West region as part of her Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI).
Tinubu’s wife, Oluremi, on Thursday announced this during her visit to Akure, the state capital of Ondo State.
While addressing the Ondo State Council of Obas, Mrs. Tinubu sought their collaboration to end key health problems such as genital mutilation, Hepatitis B, among other health issues affecting Nigerian women.
She urged the royal fathers to support her advocacy in circulating the initiatives across their localities to end mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS, syphilis, tuberculosis, among others.
“Ending female genital mutilation is also one of our key priorities. It is a harmful and outdated tradition built on myths,” she said. “It does not stop promiscuity, as some believe. Instead, it destroys the lives of young girls.”
Flagging off the South-West phase of the project, she said the new menstrual hygiene campaign, tagged “Flow with Confidence,” targets the distribution of 10,000 sanitary pads to young girls in each state, focusing on rural areas.
Mrs. Tinubu revealed that the Young Farmers’ Club and Women’s Gardening Initiative secured a N400 billion intervention fund from the Ministry of Agriculture.
As part of the effort, each state’s first lady received N68.9 million to support women farmers.
She also mentioned a scholarship programme, offering both local and international education opportunities, including placements in Belarus.
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In addition, the Alternative High School for Girls, already active in Osun State and soon launching in Ondo, provides education and childcare support for teenage mothers.
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, commended the distribution of 10,000 professional kits to nurses and midwives across the South-West.
He noted that the initiative would boost morale, improve maternal and child health, and contribute to the state’s development goals.
Governor Aiyedatiwa praised the First Lady’s commitment to empowering women, saying it would strengthen economic growth and sustainable development.
Speaking on behalf of the Council of Obas, the Deji of Akure, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi, applauded Mrs. Tinubu’s programmes and pledged the traditional rulers’ continued prayers for the success of President Tinubu’s administration.
He expressed confidence that Nigerians would support the president for a second term.
