By Uka Dave
The wife of Nigerian President, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu has donated N50m to 250 elderly citizens, Aged 65 and above in Ebonyi State.
Mrs Tinubu while flagging off the disbursement at the Women Development Centre, WDC, Abakaliki said the gesture was the Second Edition of the Renewed Hope Initiative Elderly Support Scheme (RHIESS).
The wife of the President who was represented by the wife of the Ebonyi state governor, Chief Mrs Mary- Maudlin Nwifuru said the programme which is anchored with the theme: TOTAL WELLNESS: Happy, Health and prosperous lifestyle was designed to support the welfare of the elderly citizens annually.
She said 250 elderly citizens, aged 65 and above in all 36 states of the country including the FCT Abuja and veterans from the Defence and Police Officers' Wives Association (DEPOWA) would be benefit from the scheme.
"The Governing Board of the Renewed Hope Initiative has decided to increase the grant from 100,000 to N200,000 this year to provide further support to our elderly citizens during this festive season.
"A total of one billion, nine hundred million Naira (N1,900,000,000) will be disbursed across the nation. The RHI Coordinators in the 36 states of the federation, the FCT, and DEPOWA have received fifty million Naira (N50,000,000) each, out of which N200,000 will be distributed today to each beneficiary. In addition to this, free medical checkups and other sundry items will be provided," the First Lady explained.
Mrs Nwifuru extended the greetings of the President's wife to the Ebonyi people, especially the beneficiaries of the program and the partners, for their efforts to make the event a reality in the state.
While congratulating all the senior citizens in Ebonyi who were among the beneficiaries of the scheme, she assured them of continuous intervention from the present administration and distributed funds with bags of rice to them.
Meanwhile, the wife of the governor has promised to increase the number of beneficiaries from 250 to 500 in Ebonyi, following the support from the state governor, Chief Francis Nwifuru, and other partners to her pet project, Better Health for Women, Children and Internally Displaced People Foundation.
Mrs Nwifuru also used the occasion to
enrolled 1000 elderly persons across the 13 local government areas of Ebonyi State to State health insurance scheme
through her pet project, Better Health for Rural Women, Children and Internally Displaced Persons Foundation BERWO and distribution of 25kg bags of Rice.
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