Remi Tinubu flags Off South-East women’s mega empowerment in Enugu
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…Distributes empowerment materials, promises ₦200,000 business grants to 750 persons …As S’East governors throw their weight behind Tinubu’s re-election … Benjamin Kalu: Ndigbo not part of anybody’s one-term presidency arrangement, we deserve more Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Saturday flagged off the South-East Women Mega Empowerment and the All Progressives Congress’ Women Mobilisation Directorate’s campaign across the six geopolitical zones, saying the worst was over, as Nigeria was now stepping into prosperity flowing from President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms. The First Lady urged the women to mobilise support for President Tinubu and APC candidates in the forthcoming 2027 general elections, asking them to hold political aspirants accountable for their records of empowerment and development interventions.
Context & Background
✦The rally, which climaxed with the distribution of empowerment materials such as sewing machines, food processors, electricity generating sets and popcorn machines to women drawn from the five states of the region to support their economic activities and small-scale businesses, also attracted the presence of women leaders and members of the party from Enugu, Abia, Ebonyi, Imo and Anambra states.
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Saturday:…Distributes empowerment materials, promises ₦200,000 business grants to 750 persons …As S’East governors throw their weight behind Tinubu’s re-election … Benjamin Kalu: Ndigbo not part of anybody’s one-term presidency arrangement, we deserve more Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Saturday flagged off the South-East Women Mega Empowerment and the All Progressives Congress’ Women Mobilisation Directorate’s campaign across the six geopolitical zones, saying the worst was over, as Nigeria was now stepping into prosperity flowing from President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms.₦200,000:Senator Tinubu also announced additional empowerment programmes for women and elderly persons in Enugu State, promising that on December 3, APC senatorial candidates would be provided with funds to empower 250 women each with ₦200,000 to establish businesses.2027:The First Lady urged the women to mobilise support for President Tinubu and APC candidates in the forthcoming 2027 general elections, asking them to hold political aspirants accountable for their records of empowerment and development interventions.
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✦…Distributes empowerment materials, promises ₦200,000 business grants to 750 persons …As S’East governors throw their weight behind Tinubu’s re-election … Benjamin Kalu: Ndigbo not part of anybody’s one-term presidency arrangement, we deserve more Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Saturday flagged off the South-East Women Mega Empowerment and the All Progressives Congress’ Women Mobilisation Directorate’s campaign across the six geopolitical zones, saying the worst was over, as Nigeria was now stepping into prosperity flowing from President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms.
✦The First Lady urged the women to mobilise support for President Tinubu and APC candidates in the forthcoming 2027 general elections, asking them to hold political aspirants accountable for their records of empowerment and development interventions.
✦The rally, which climaxed with the distribution of empowerment materials such as sewing machines, food processors, electricity generating sets and popcorn machines to women drawn from the five states of the region to support their economic activities and small-scale businesses, also attracted the presence of women leaders and members of the party from Enugu, Abia, Ebonyi, Imo and Anambra states.
Key Facts:Saturday: …Distributes empowerment materials, promises ₦200,000 business grants to 750 persons …As S’East governors throw their weight behind Tinubu’s re-election … Benjamin Kalu: Ndigbo not part of anybody’s one-term presidency arrangement, we deserve more Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Saturday flagged off the South-East Women Mega Empowerment and the All Progressives Congress’ Women Mobilisation Directorate’s campaign across the six geopolitical zones, saying the worst was over, as Nigeria was now stepping into prosperity flowing from President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms.₦200,000: Senator Tinubu also announced additional empowerment programmes for women and elderly persons in Enugu State, promising that on December 3, APC senatorial candidates would be provided with funds to empower 250 women each with ₦200,000 to establish businesses.2027: The First Lady urged the women to mobilise support for President Tinubu and APC candidates in the forthcoming 2027 general elections, asking them to hold political aspirants accountable for their records of empowerment and development interventions.2027: He insisted that the region must seek an eight-year tenure when it eventually produces the nation’s president and called on the people of the South-East to support Tinubu’s re-election bid come 2027.
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…Distributes empowerment materials, promises ₦200,000 business grants to 750 persons …As S’East governors throw their weight behind Tinubu’s re-election … Benjamin Kalu: Ndigbo not part of anybody’s one-term presidency arrangement, we deserve more Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on...
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…Distributes empowerment materials, promises ₦200,000 business grants to 750 persons …As S’East governors throw their weight behind Tinubu’s re-election … Benjamin Kalu: Ndigbo not part of anybody’s one-term presidency arrangement, we deserve more Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Saturday flagged off the South-East Women Mega Empowerment and the All Progressives Congress’ Women Mobilisation Directorate’s campaign across the six geopolitical zones, saying the worst was over, as Nigeria was now stepping into prosperity flowing from President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms.
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…Distributes empowerment materials, promises ₦200,000 business grants to 750 persons …As S’East governors throw their weight behind Tinubu’s re-election … Benjamin Kalu: Ndigbo not part of anybody’s one-term presidency arrangement, we deserve more Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Saturday flagged off the South-East Women Mega Empowerment and the All Progressives Congress’ Women Mobilisation Directorate’s campaign across the six geopolitical zones, saying the worst was over, as Nigeria was now stepping into prosperity flowing from President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms.
