The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development has empowered over 30,000 women with palliatives and livelihood support across 18 states and the Federal Capital Territory under the Renewed Hope Food Intervention.
Coordinator of the Social Integrity Network, Dalhatu Issah, disclosed this during an interview with journalists on Wednesday in Abuja, commending the ministry’s efforts under the leadership of Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim.
Issah said the minister has made remarkable progress in advancing President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda and has been instrumental in fostering peace, unity, growth, and development among women across Nigeria. He explained that since her assumption of office in October 2024, the ministry has introduced numerous innovations. These include the establishment of a Rice Processing Centre in Niger State through the Nigeria for Women Project, benefiting over 1,500 rural women in agro-enterprise development. He added that the ministry partnered with the Department of State Services to train widows of fallen personnel in vocational and agro-processing skills in the North-Central zone and also worked with Wema Bank Plc. under the MOWA–SARA Programme to empower more than 500 women in tailoring, catering, and hairdressing.
He further noted that the minister extended support to the Super Falcons during their participation in the 13th edition of the African Women Cup of Nations in Morocco, where the team went on to achieve victory. Issah thanked President Tinubu for appointing Sulaiman-Ibrahim, whom he described as “a woman with human face and genuine interest of the nation at heart.”
Speaking on her wider contributions, he highlighted that the minister led Nigeria’s delegation to the 69th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women and convened the maiden town hall and citizens’ engagement on May 29, 2025, which brought together nearly 1,000 women from diverse backgrounds to reaffirm support for the Renewed Hope Agenda.
According to him, the ministry has made significant progress in broadening economic opportunities for women through empowerment programmes designed to promote self-reliance, reduce poverty, and increase women’s participation in local economies, especially in rural and underserved areas. “These initiatives are tailored to enhance self-reliance, reduce poverty, and support women’s full participation in local economies, particularly in rural and underserved communities. It is on this note that we the entire members of The Social Integrity Network in our numbers pass a Vote of Confidence in the minister for her excellent performances so far,” Issah said.
He called on stakeholders to support the minister’s ongoing efforts to consolidate and sustain the progress achieved under her leadership.
