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FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WOMEN AFFAIRS, ABUJA

PRESS RELEASE

FG UNVEILS PINK RIDERS TRICYCLE SCHEME

As part of efforts aimed at alleviating poverty and ensuring job creation in the country, especially among the feminine gender, the Federal Government has inaugurated a Pink Riders Scheme with a view to empowering women to earn a living and contribute meaningfully to the upliftment of the lives of their families and the nation at large

Unveiling the Scheme today at the Mogadishu
Cantonment, Abuja, the Honourable Minister of Women Affairs, Barrister (Mrs) Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye stated that the initiative is targeted at boosting the economic status of women so as not to only make them self-reliant and entrepreneurial but to also create an opportunity for the actualization of their potentials in life

She informed that statistics has shown that women constitute about 49 percent of the country's population, thus, if adequately empowered, it will no doubt contribute to the socio-economic growth and development of the country

Kennedy-Ohanenye observed the need
for conscious efforts to be put in place by stakeholders towards the improvement of the lives of women in accordance with global realities

The Minister stated further that the Scheme launched today was one of the many projects of the Ministry initiated to empower the feminine gender in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Administration

Kennedy-Ohanenye who explained that the commencement of the Pilot phase at the military barracks was to ensure adequate provision of security as well as seamless operation for the women, added that this will make room for proper coordination, consistency and sustainability for the Project which is being test run before extension to other States of the Federation

She therefore called on the beneficiaries of the Scheme to take advantage of the opportunity provided by the Federal Government to transform their lives and also contribute to the development of their families and country at large

In a welcome address, the Commander, Army Headquarters Garrison, Abuja, Major General Isoni assured of maximum security for the Pink Riders as well as proper monitoring to ensure efficiency and continuity of the Programme.

He commended the Ministry for the initiative, which he said will go a long way in boosting the gender's confidence in the present administration's commitment to the upliftment of their lives

Speaking on behalf of the beneficiaries, Mrs Julie Idris
assured that they will put in their best to ensure the success of the programme so that more women can be empowered through the Scheme

She thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in particular,
the Honourable Minister of Women Affairs, Barrister (Mrs) Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye as well as the Management Staff of the Ministry for placing issues of women empowerment on the front burner.

SaiOba:

E reach to laugh

Poverty elevation

LoL
.. doings anyways

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣God abeg

One and a half million tricycles distributed across the country or 25½ tricycles for selected APC women leaders in selected states??

Jagaban2012:
These benefitiaries, I guess. Are not people from Nigeria?

seunmsg:
APC women are also Nigerians. If it truly gets to them, it’s commendable. However, I’m not a fan of schemes like this. It comes with too much corruption and it hardly alleviates any poverty.

In other words, if I'm in charge of a scheme like this and I decide to gift them to my friends and family members, it's OK as long as those people are Nigerians??

This government think Nigerians are idiotss.

By the time agberos shake these ones twice in a day, they will surrender the Keke to their husbands

To ride Keke is not for the faint hearted

This is your export economy

Sponsored by Inter Miami or wetin?

Can anything good come out of tilibu government capital NO

Nice one. Must they put their picture on everything ? One of our problem in this country is people let politicians feel like they are doing them favour or like the resources used in providing things for the masses is from their salary ( pocket ). Let these people know they are there to serve and stop hailing them. All they do is their responsibility

Useless govt of trial and error.

No economic plan whatever.

Just muddle up nonsense schemes that will amount to nothing in the end.

I have never support the idea of women getting involve in Transportation business.

But then money need to be made cos he get as things be these days.

All the Best to the beneficiaries.

Lol...

Funny people...

The minister should have worn a pink attire so as to buttress and identify with the pink theme

Nothing Nigeria government no go use to alleviate poverty way na them take their hand cause, with their local corrupt thinking.

Federal

We ought to be more than this

Una dey give keke when we no get good road
Our politicians knws what to do to make this country good
Just give tje country just STABLE ELECTRICITY
4get'am
Just light oo
If dem to try
They add good roads join

There travel to overseas,they do see how thins work
Overthere

No be to dash keke

Omo

This people are just 689, even if you turn your phone upside down it's still 689.

Tinubu the country crippler.

Agberocratic government!

drivers/riders & agberocratic empowerment!


Naija we hail thee!

Nice one hon.min.

Dis kwantry no go kill me

This country is a joke.





Pathetic.

Capitalizing on our biggest resource; labour. I commend this.

Good one from minister (Mrs) Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye

RenaissanceGuy:
1.5m tricycles distributed across the country or 25½ bicycles for selected APC women leaders in selected states??

APC women are also Nigerians. If it truly gets to them, it’s commendable. However, I’m not a fan of schemes like this. It comes with too much corruption and it hardly alleviates any poverty.

I can only imagine the billions budgeted for this

They will def use it to campaign in 2027

They keep empowering the females while leaving the males to wallow in abject poverty. Make una no forget say these women will not marry themselves ooo