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By Chidiebere Onyemaizu
The Directorate of Women Mobilisation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has taken the national women empowerment initiative of the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, to Ebonyi State, with visits to markets and hospitals in Abakaliki.
The outreach was aimed at engaging women, traders, patients, and other grassroots stakeholders while promoting the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu.
Speaking during the exercise, Co-Director of the Directorate, Dr Betta Edu, said Nigerians had gone through the reform and transformation phases of the Tinubu administration and were now poised to reap the dividends.
Edu urged women and youths to support the APC in the 2027 general elections, describing Tinubu as a president who prioritises their welfare and inclusion in governance.
“We have been through the reforms, we have been through the transformation, and right now, it is time to reap the dividends of what President Bola Tinubu has set in place,” she said.
She expressed delight that the Federal Government’s student loan initiative had eased the burden of education on parents, allowing families to redirect resources towards healthcare and daily sustenance.
“Imagine that students are going to school now with access to funding, and the number of dropouts is no longer what it used to be. Mothers can now use the money they would have spent on school fees to pay for healthcare and daily sustenance. For everybody, it is a win-win,” Edu said.
She called on Nigerians to come out en masse and vote for Tinubu, saying the administration’s policies were designed to benefit women, youths, and the wider population.
Responding to concerns that women’s empowerment programmes could amount to voter inducement, Edu said the initiatives had been ongoing since 2023. She explained the First Lady had visited several states to empower women through programmes covering agriculture, healthcare, education, and other sectors.
She added that various ministries had also continued to implement empowerment initiatives, insisting that the programmes were not introduced for electoral purposes, but were part of sustained government interventions. She said that the Abakaliki outreach was in continuation of the APC PCC Women’s Directorate’s grassroots engagement with women, traders, and vulnerable groups across the country.
