Index to Nigerian Newspapers

The First Lady and Chairman of the Renewed Hope Initiative, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, launched a nationwide economic empowerment program by disbursing a fifty thousand naira recapitalisation grant to one thousand pre-selected women petty traders in each state and the federal capital territory, totaling one billion, eight hundred and fifty million naira for thirty-seven thousand women nationwide, with several state governors and officials matching or supplementing the grants to help small business owners overcome financial hurdles, expand their enterprises, and improve family livelihoods.