The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has reiterated the call to her fellow citizens to get more involved in agricultural production.
Receiving the Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed in her office at the State House, Abuja on Wednesday, Mrs. Tinubu noted that the various interventions of the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI), especially in the areas of agriculture, empowerment, education, health, and social welfare are to complement the efforts of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration.
“The President has made the right decisions. These decisions will help us build a Nigeria that is more respected. We should be more accountable as a people as regards our resources”.
The First Lady said that there is a need to inspire the youth to think appropriately about the nation, adding: “We have to inspire them to think Nigeria first before any state”.
She explained that that necessitated RHI to organise the #ONE NIGERIA/Unity Fabric.
“Youth between 15 years to 25 years will design the fabric depicting Nigeria and not just their State or tribe. The prize money is huge”, she said.
On the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Tinubu said that RHI has commenced the monthly Food Outreach Programme to them and Persons with Disabilities.
“I am not being deterred. I will continue to do all I can for the people”, she further said.
In her remarks, Mohammed explained that the UN is looking forward to the country committing more funds to youth, women and girls.
“We need your voice to what the UN is doing with women empowerment, girls, poverty alleviation, education and the rest”, she said.
She expressed the readiness of the UN to partner with RHI an Initiative of the First Lady, in these areas knowing that Mrs. Tinubu is passionate about these areas.
The visit was also an opportunity to introduce the new Resident Coordinator of the UN in Nigeria, Mohamed Moustapha Malik Fall, to the First Lady.
