The Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) of the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has presented over 9,000 bags and cartoons of food items to vulnerable women and the downtrodden in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
The North East Development Commission (NEDC) presented the items at the weekend on behalf of RHI to the wife of the Borno State governor, Dr. Falmata Zulum, who was represented by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Women Affairs, Hajjiya Hauwa Mai Musa.
The items Mrs. Tinubu donated included 3,000 units of 25kg bags of rice, 2,000 units of 50kg bags of sugar, 2,000 gallons of vegetable oil and 2,000 cartons of pasta.
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Delivering the items, the Borno State Coordinator of the NEDC, Mohammed Umaru, expressed the commitment of the First Lady to initiatives that would alleviate the suffering of the downtrodden in the country.
He said the Managing Director of the NEDC, Alhaji Mohammed Alkali, was pleased to deliver the items on behalf of the First Lady.
Umaru expressed the good will of the NEDC towards the restoration of infrastructure in the Northeast, saying the commission’s management would leave no stone unturned towards achieving its mandate.
The Borno State NEDC coordinator assured the other five states in the region that the First Lady’s largesse would get to them through the wives of their governors.
Hajiya Mai Musa acknowledged the enormous contributions the commission has made to the residents in all spheres of life, especially the vulnerable and those affected by insurgency.
She praised Mrs. Tinubu for her large heart and remembering women and vulnerable people in Borno State.