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First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu, through her Renewed Hope Initiative, presented N50 million to empower 1,000 women petty traders in Kwara State and inaugurated a community Information and Communication Technology centre in Ilorin. She highlighted previous interventions under the Renewed Hope Initiative, which included support for traders and the elderly, and announced forthcoming projects such as an Alternative High School for Girls in collaboration with the Universal Basic Education Commission, an Early Childhood Care Development and Education Centre in Ilorin, and an Information and Communication Technology, experience centre at Kwara State University, in partnership with the Tertiary Education Trust Fund.

The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, through her Renewed Hope Initiative, is set to distribute 60,000 professional kits to midwives across Nigeria as part of efforts to support the Federal Government's retraining of 120,000 frontline health workers. During the presentation of 10,000 kits to midwives in the Northcentral zone, covering Niger, Benue, Plateau, Nasarawa, Kwara, Kogi, and the FCT. Senator Tinubu explained that the kits, including crocs and scrubs, aim to encourage and equip midwives nationwide. The initiative is supported by an anonymous donor committed to improving maternal and infant health. Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq praised the gesture for boosting healthcare delivery and expressed concern over the effects of brain drain on the state's health workforce. RHI Northcentral Zonal Coordinator, Olufolake AbdulRazaq, affirmed the initiative's impact on empowering midwives and pledged proper distribution through the National Primary Health Care Development Agency.