… lakes to win $ 250 million annually by Leather Hub-Sanwo-Oolu
The first lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, who is also the national president of the Renewed Hope (RHI) initiative, reaffirmed her commitment to the empowerment of women and business development while empowering 1,000 women in Lagos and also commissioned a new industrial leather center in the State Mushin area.
The first lady, while talking in the Empowerment program of the Hope renewed initiative, held at the Lagos House, IKEJA, with the theme: “Empowering women for self-sufficiency and acceleration of the SDGs”, praised the Babajide Sanwo-Oolu governor for increasing the program with an additional empowerment element of 500, collecting the number of beneficiaries in lakes to 1,000 women, compared to 500 in the 500 states.
This was just when it revealed that more than 18,500 women in the six geopolitical areas of Nigeria will finally benefit from the initiative.
The empowerment of Saturday was carried out simultaneously for women in each state in the Geopolitical Southwest, namely Ekiti, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo and Lagos, in line with the renewed agenda of hope of the administration of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, which prioritizes the inclusion, economic growth and sustainable development for all the Nigerian of women, particularly women, particularly women economic.
According to Senator Tinubu, the empowerment of women in all spheres of life is also essential to achieve all the SDGs, saying that the items that are distributed on the occasion, including gas kitchens, grinding machines, chest freezers, generators and hair dryers, had to equip women affected with the necessary tools and resources needed to build successful businesses and contribute to the country’s prosperity.
“I am pleased to know that our kind Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Oolu has supported this program with 500 additional empowerment articles, which carries the total number of beneficiaries in the state of lakes to 1,000 women. I complained to Mr. Governor for this gesture and their commitment to the growth and development of women in the state of lakes.
“Recognizing the critical role that women play in the construction of the nation, this program is aligned with the renewed agenda of hope of the president of their excellence, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, which prioritizes inclusion, economic growth and sustainable development for all Nigerians, particularly the economic empowerment of women.
“Similarly, the empowerment of women in all spheres of life is essential to achieve all the SDGs, especially the SDG-5 in” achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls “and the SDGs in” decent work and economic growth “, which are relevant to this meeting.
“The articles that are distributed today are to equip our women with the necessary tools and resources they need to build successful businesses and contribute to the prosperity of our great nation,” he said.
The first lady, although she advised the beneficiaries to use the resources judiciously to grow their businesses, declared that the articles served as the basis for creating a better life for them and their families.
Special assistant of the president on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Princess Adejoke Ollope-Defulire, in his speech, said the program aligned with the SDGs 1, 2, 5, 6 and 10, emphasizing that women with financial power would not only improve their families’ would also accelerate national growth and community development.
Governor Sanwo-olu praised Tinubu for his commitment from decades to the good governance and development of women, urging the beneficiaries to resist the temptation to sell their empowerment articles.
The governor said that the ceremony was much more than the distribution of support to 1,000 women, but sows the seed that “will become forests of possibilities.
“His excellence, our mother, our beloved First Lady, words are certainly not enough to capture the depths of our gratitude that we feel towards you for your timeless commitment to the empowerment of women in our nation.
“For decades, some of us will listen and have seen you, we have heard your voice, your voice of courage, you have been a pillar of strength and a lighthouse of hope for women and children.
“The words of his life have shown that this empowerment is not just charity, it is justice, it is the opportunity and it is the construction of the nation. Throughout the country, it has gone through, it has gone to several parts and we are beginning to see the effects of the interventions it is doing.
“This ceremony, which is the empowerment of 1,000 women, is much more than the distribution of support, if the seed that will become forests of possibilities,” said Sanwo-olu.
In a related development, Senator Tinubu inaugurated the industrial leather center of the state government of Lagos in Matori, Mushin, describing it as a milestone project that would strengthen small and medium enterprises, would expand local manufacturing and position Lagos as the main African leather center.
The governor of the state of Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Oolu, who appointed the industrial leather center after senator Oluremi Tinubu, said the project would provide export profits greater than $ 250 million annually when it is completely operational.
Governor Sanwo-olu, after the start-up, skins and skins that once left the coasts of the unprocessed nation, would be transformed into the state in footwear, world-class garments and accessories proudly stamped “made in lakes, made in Nigeria.”
According to him, through that, more than 10,000 direct and indirect jobs will be created in the first three years, with 70% of them reserved for women and young people, which adds: “More than 150,000 artisans will benefit from the training and start -up support, which guarantees that there is no talent.”
“Export profits greater than $ 250 million are projected annually when the HUB is completely operational, positioning lakes as the Logistics capital of Western Africa.
“But beyond the numbers is a deeper promise, the promise that a girl from a modest fund can now dream larger, knowing that the tools, tutoring and market are within reach,” said the governor.
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