A statement signed by her Media Assistant, Mr Ayo Adewuyi, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja, said the beneficiaries were drawn from 21 local government areas of the state.
According to
the statement, the items included 210 tricycles; 21 eighteen seater buses;
1,000 sewing machines; 500 grinding machines; seven speed boats; assorted wrappers;
20, 000 bags of rice; beverages and other consumables.
It also said
that the event witnessed the formal launch of the MDG’s e-payment based
consolidated Cash Transfer to 3,650 female headed households in the 23 local
government areas of the state.
The
statement said the items were part of the collaborative efforts between
Jonathan’s NGO, Women for Change and Development Initiative (W4CDI), and the
office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on MDGs.
“Beneficiaries
will receive between N5,000 and N100,000 monthly as they exit the programme at
the end of 12 calendar months.
“Similarly,
five agric based cooperative societies were given grants of N500,000 each to
invest in agriculture business,’’ the statement said.
NAN reports
that the items distributed are expected to generate income for individuals and
their households. (NAN)
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