The First Lady, Sen Remi Tinubu, has stated that her projects across the country are being funded by donors and some partner organizations.
She stated that aside BUA Group, most of the donors and partner organizations preferred to be anonymous.
The First Lady stated this on Thursday while addressing journalists after a meeting with wives of the state governors and other state representatives and regional coordinators of the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) programme at the Presidential Villa in Abuja,
“I know people are always saying, where do I get billions from? I’m going to address that. We are an NGO, people give us money,” she said.
Senator Tinubu explained that the food bank the initiative has started was sponsored by BUA and another partner that preferred anonymity.
She stated that the RHI has been given a truckload of food, which is being handled by the wife of Vice President Kashim Shettima, Hajia Nana Shettima.
She added the initiative has covered seven states of the country and hoped to cover all 36 states with the programme.
“Like the food bank we are doing, we have two companies, BUA is one of them, the other one wants to stay anonymous, maybe they do not want people to trouble you. That was the people we started with.
“They give us a truckload of food, and Mrs Shettima is handling that. We go from state to state. We also have covered about maybe seven states, and BUA is joining so that to cover the 36 states. If it is one truck per state, within under two years, we should be able to finish. So, I’m really excited that BUA too keyed into that,” the First Lady stated.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, speaking to journalists, said the ministry has allocated ₦ 68 million to each state of the federation to support four key agriculture-focused initiatives under the First Lady’s RHI.
