{"id":7566,"date":"2024-06-04T16:45:13","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T16:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/?p=7566"},"modified":"2024-06-04T16:46:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T16:46:37","slug":"in-no-distant-future-nigeria-is-going-to-be-among-the-best-nations-in-the-world-hrm-sidi-bage-emir-of-lafia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/2024\/06\/04\/in-no-distant-future-nigeria-is-going-to-be-among-the-best-nations-in-the-world-hrm-sidi-bage-emir-of-lafia\/","title":{"rendered":"IN NO DISTANT FUTURE, NIGERIA IS GOING TO BE AMONG THE BEST NATIONS IN THE WORLD&#8230; &#8211; HRM SIDI BAGE, EMIR OF LAFIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">As Nigeria&#8217;s First Lady&#8217;s RHI Food Outreach moves to Nassarawa State, the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reiterated its commitment to supporting and encouraging Nigerians, families, and vulnerable communities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, stated this in Lafia, Nassarawa State, at the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) Food Outreach Scheme. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Represented by the wife of the Vice President, Hajia Nana Shettima, the First Lady appreciated the people for believing in the administration and the cause of the Renewed Hope Initiative.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7567 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/894d0049-42a3-432d-8518-edb63f08a9c2-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/894d0049-42a3-432d-8518-edb63f08a9c2-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/894d0049-42a3-432d-8518-edb63f08a9c2-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/894d0049-42a3-432d-8518-edb63f08a9c2-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/894d0049-42a3-432d-8518-edb63f08a9c2-640x427.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/894d0049-42a3-432d-8518-edb63f08a9c2.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;The Food Outreach Scheme is specially designed to provide support to the underprivileged, in line with the resolve of the administration of His Excellency, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, to leave no one behind in ensuring food security and sufficiency in the country.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Under this scheme, a trailer load of assorted food items is being donated to state governments for onward distribution to identified groups, courtesy of a notable and public-spirited industry that has made a commitment to make the food items available on a monthly basis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">According to the First Lady, the Food Outreach, targeted at Internally Displaced Persons, Persons with Disabilities, Leper Colonies, and other vulnerable groups, will be taken around the country to ease access to food.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7568 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1e0121d8-f76b-4b00-a93d-1bbe33d6a46b-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1e0121d8-f76b-4b00-a93d-1bbe33d6a46b-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1e0121d8-f76b-4b00-a93d-1bbe33d6a46b-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1e0121d8-f76b-4b00-a93d-1bbe33d6a46b-640x853.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1e0121d8-f76b-4b00-a93d-1bbe33d6a46b.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cSo far, the Federal Capital Territory, Kano, and now Nassarawa states have benefited from the scheme under the Social Investment Programme of the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI). By the grace of God, our next stop will be in Benue State, while other states will also benefit in due course.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7571 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/d20c92b7-4030-4251-87b9-16cdb418179a-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/d20c92b7-4030-4251-87b9-16cdb418179a-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/d20c92b7-4030-4251-87b9-16cdb418179a-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/d20c92b7-4030-4251-87b9-16cdb418179a-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/d20c92b7-4030-4251-87b9-16cdb418179a-640x427.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/d20c92b7-4030-4251-87b9-16cdb418179a.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nIn addition to the Social Investment programme, the Renewed Hope Initiative also has other programmes focusing on health, agriculture, education, and economic empowerment to better the lives of families in the nation. So far, RHI has:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00b7Donated agricultural implements and provided financial support to women farmers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00b7Awarded several scholarships to students in tertiary institutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00b7Provided ICT training for women.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00b7Offered financial support to the elderly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Amongst many other initiatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">She also announced the addition of 1,200 bags of rice to the food packs that would be given to the groups. Not only this, the First Lady disclosed that the Renewed Hope Initiative will soon commence the disbursement of N50,000 grants to 1,000 female petty traders in each state and the FCT.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In his remarks, the Nassarawa State Governor, Engr. Abdullahi Sule, who was represented by his deputy, Dr. Emmanuel Akabe, noted that caring for women, youth, and children has become the hallmark of the First Lady&#8217;s RHI, thereby bringing succor to all. He appreciated the gesture, saying, &#8220;This is indeed a great relief.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Deliver our message to the President, deliver our message to the First Lady. We are behind them, we appreciate them, and we say, &#8216;Well done&#8217;.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In her remarks, the Wife of the Nassarawa State Governor, Hajia Silifat Abdullahi Sule, noted that the Food Outreach is evidence that the vulnerable groups are not forgotten, but are cared for and are important to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Subsequently, various food items were distributed to over 1,200 beneficiaries.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Nigeria&#8217;s First Lady&#8217;s RHI Food Outreach moves to Nassarawa State, the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reiterated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-from-the-grassroots"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7566"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7572,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7566\/revisions\/7572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}