First Lady Oluremi Tinubu Gives N250,000 Each to Abuja Flood Victims

First Lady Oluremi Tinubu Gives N250,000 Each to Abuja Flood Victims

  • Oluremi, wife of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has given financial support to flood victims at the Trademore Estate, Abuja
  • The First Lady gave each affected household N250,000.00 through her Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI)
  • She said couldn't turn a blind eye to the present circumstances of the Trade More Estate which is in her domain.

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FCT, Abuja - First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has reached out through her Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) to victims of the June 23, 2023 flood mishap at TradeMore Estate, Lugbe, Abuja.

According to a press release issued by SA on Media to the First Lady, Busola Kukoyi via her Twitter handle @KukoyiBusola, said each affected household was given N250,000.00.

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First Lady Oluremi Tinubu gives N250,000 each to Trademore Estate flood victims in Abuja. @KukoyiBusola
Source: Twitter

Mrs Tinubu, who was represented by the wife of the Vice President of the Federation, HE Hajia Nana Shettima expressed her sympathy at the unfortunate incident

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The First Lady said she cannot turn the other eye under the present circumstances of the Trade More Estate which is in her domain.

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She added that she said she hoped the outreach and intervention of the Renewed Hope Initiative will go a long way in reducing their pains at this time.

The former federal lawmaker disclosed that the Initiative is still in the process of registration by the CAC.

“The beneficiaries were given Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira ( N250,000.00) per affected household. A total of 57 households benefited from this outreach by the Renewed Hope Initiative.”

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Source: Legit.ng

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