Di ₦20,000 rural cash grant initiative wey di Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development introduce in 2020 na part of President Muhammadu Buhari’s social inclusion and poverty alleviation agenda. Di programme been target 150,000 rural and peri-urban women for all di 774 local government areas of di 36 states plus including di FCT. Dis initiative na community-based initiative.

Di goal na to make sure say countri-pipulgo see increased income, enhanced food security, more productivity as well as financial inclusion.

Dem launch di programme for Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria as a way to encourage women wey dey di state wey don dey affected by di insurgency for di region. Di aim na to see say all di beneficiary for Borno state fit get independent and sustainable life, especially di ones wey lose their husbands for di insurgency.

Di rural women grant also dey to support gender equality, address poverty among women and to also reduce unemployment wey dey di society by ensuring say all beneficiaries use di grant wey dem award dem wella.

For di North western part of Nigeria wey more than 28,000 women don collect di grant, most of di beneficiaries, if not all, don start one business or di other and dem don already dey succeed in entrepreneurship.

Di rural women grant of di Ministry na im be di ogbonge gran wey dem don award to women for di history of di country.

Dem award dis grant to women wey really need am; women wey dey find am hard to survive on less than one Dollar per day. Di grant na for women wey no get anybody to cater for their needs, especially widows wey their husbands don die, wey leave them to cater for so many children.

Dis cash grant don really help many women for North West Nigeria to upgrade their business so far, and na because dem use di money wey dem award to them to do right business wey suite their environment.

Pipul go dey wonder say how ₦20,000 wey pesin fit spend in less than an hour go fit help pesin start business, di truth be say dis grant na for pipul wey really need am; pipul wey dey in need of help in order to address di challenges of unemployment and poverty. For example now, Hadiza Ibrahim wey be beneficiary from Nasarawa local government area of Kano State dey into cheese making business, she use her grant to upgrade di number of cheese wey she dey make per day, and now she dey gain more profit.

Di National Home Grown School Feeding Programme na di most ogbonge programme of di Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development and na one of di major achievement of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration.

Di Programme dey for 35 states in Nigeria plus including FCT, and Bayelsa state go soon join. As e be so, about 9.8 million students wey dey for 53,000 public primary schools nationwide na im dey benefit from di programme yearly.

Since 2019 wey dem establish di ministry, di programme don outshine all di other School feeding programme wey dey Africa, and na im come be di largest for dis continent.

Many pipule from all over di country don hail di country and of course President Muhammadu Buhari administration as e be say na im be di first school feeding programme initiative of di country since 1999. Who go ever think am say a day fit come for Nigeria wey Federal gofment go dey feed student wey dey public school? Make we no forget say di food wey dem dey serve di students na very nutritious food wey dem cook to target malnutrition.

I don meet plenty parents back den for 2010 wey I advise about di disadvantage wey dey wen dem no enroll deir pikin for school. Unfortunately, all my talk no mean anything to dem, especially wen na girl pikin I dey encourage dem to put for school. Dem go dey give excuse, say dem no get di money to enroll deir children for school.
Dem go rather marry di girls to men at very young age and send di boys to dey hawk pure water.

But in 2019 wen dem assign me to another advocacy for di same locations wey I go in 2010, e shock me as I see say school enrollment don really increase reach 90%, I resin say maybe na me wey no put in effort dat year until I meet one elderly woman wey get five grand children wey all of dem don pass di age of 10.

I come ask her about deir whereabouts, na im she hold me for hands come tell me say “my son, no think say we no believe in education oo, na money we no get to put our pikin for school all dis while, but we dey grateful say God don answer our prayers. Di gofment don dey feeding our children and e dey really save us money.”

Na day time I realize say di problem no be because of di education afterall Nigeria dey do free education since all dis time, but di problem na scope to use make dem for take come school for deir own benefit.
 
Dis National Home Grown School Feeding programme don really increase enrollment of pikin for school. E don also do make to dey study dey very easy and interesting for di pikin dem, also, e don reduce hunger and malnutrition and e also address issue of unemployment because dis food na pipule dey cook am : dis program don provide job for more that 107,000 cooks and oda pipule. Wen dem look into di problem of unemployment, the rate of poverty sef go follow dey addressed. For Kano State alone like dis, di number of school enrollment don jump from 1.2 million to 2.1 million afta di Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development introduce di programme for di State.

In 2010, di rate of School enrollment in Nigeria ba 41.83% but in 2021, the total enrollment rate for primary schools in Nigeria don reach 68.3%.  Na im make I tok say our initial patrol been no work, but di Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development don later win di heart of our children wit dis initiative wey come from a generous woman like Sadiya Umar Farouq- and wetin be dis initiative? Na hot nutritious food every school day.

Di Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Umar Farouq don condemn di latest explosion wey happen for Lagos and Imo state in less than one week. She tok say even as di incident dey occur well-well, dem for still fit avoid am.

Di Minister sympathise wit di gofment and pipule of Imo, Lagos and Ogun state about di deadly explosion wey occur for di illegal oil refining site on Friday night. Di explosion kill many-many pipule for Abaezi forest wey dey for Ohaji-Egbema Local Gofment Area of Imo State.

Also, on Thursday, tanker wey carry 45,000 litres of PMS crash and all di content thro way all over Lagos and Ogun State along Lagos – Ibadan Expressway. One man sef die for dis accident.

Umar Farouq don advise say make pipule wey carry substance wey fit easily catch fire dem dey on top our road wit. She come follow tok say pipule wey dey involve in illegal bunkering of petrol na journey of no return for di pesin be dat.

“Dis explosions wey dey repeat im self for Lagos and Imo states dey very unfortunate but e for still dey avoidable. We need to dey regularly dey tok am well well because di result of dis acts na im lead to di death of many pipule so.

“Illegal bunkering of petroleum products na punishable offense under di law, so therefore, di pipule wey run dis wicked act need to face di music wit full punishment of di law.
“I wan sincerely sympathize wit di family of all di victims and I pray say dem go all rest in peace.
“I wan also beg country-pipule especially di youths say make dem commot hand from illegal bunkering of petroleum products in di area”.

Meanwhile, dem don immediately start rescue operations to remove body of victims wey burn during di explosion for Imo state, so tey dem no fit recognize dem again. About six vehicles also follow burn for di incident.

NNEKA IKEM ANIBEZE
SA MEDIA
23-04-2022

Di Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Umar Farouq don really condemn di attacks wey happen to five communities for Plateau state, she tok say e dey satanic.

Umar Farouq sympathized with di state government and victims of di armed banditry attacks wey happen for Garga District of Kanam Local Gofment Area for Plateau State. She tok say di violence wey dis bandit unleashed on innocent citizens especially as dem dey do Ramadan Fasting na very evil thing.

Di Minister don announced say relief materials dey on the way to di victims.
She don direct sharp-sharp deployment of relief materials including food, water, blankets and sleeping nets to di displaced victims wey dey seek refuge for Garga Central primary school, Kanam Local Government Area of Plateau State.

Na five communities including Kyaram, Gyambau, Dungur, Kukawa, Shuwaka villages under Garga District na im bandits attack on Monday while many people na im die for di palaver.

Di National Emergency Management Agency wey dey under di Ministry plus including SEMA, Joint Military Task Force, Community Leaders, Local Government Council Members and di Media don already dey Plateau state to use korokoro eye take see di level of destruction and advice di agency appropriately.

Di Coordinator of NEMA North Central Zonal office Jos, Mr Eugene Nyelong na im lead di team wey go there. Him confirm say dem don start profiling and assessment of victims.

According to Nyelong, di assessment don start since Tuesday April 12, 2022, and many pipule die, and many m others lose property as well.

Di numba of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) don pass 4800, and na mostly women and children.

The local Gofment Health Department through di dispensary in Garga Town dey offer small-small medical support to all di displaced persons, di Director General of NEMA Ahmed Mustapha Habib sef dey work on how to take deliver sharp-sharp delivery of emergency humanitarian support before dem go start full intervention.

NNEKA IKEM ANIBEZE
SA MEDIA
13-04-2022