What we have actually done
Dates, places, numbers. Every figure links to the newspaper that reported it.
200 widows. ₦10 million.
In Yorùbá practice the death of a husband can take a woman's income with it — the stall, the capital, sometimes the house. This puts working capital straight back into her hands.
Handed over at Government House, Oke-Fia, Osogbo, in July 2026.
200
widows
₦10m
distributed
2026
Osogbo
A trade in every girl's hands
At the United Nations International Day of Education in Osogbo, January 2024, Her Excellency committed to vocational training for more than 400 secondary students — tailoring, tie-and-dye and àdìrẹ, the indigo-resist craft Osun is known for. SS1 to SS3, drawn from over ten schools.
The point is simple: a certificate is worth less when there is no job behind it. A trade leaves school with her.
“No amount spent on education is a waste. An untrained child poses a threat to society's growth and development.” Chief (Mrs) Titilola Adeleke, Osogbo, January 2024
Osun in the room, every single year
The Women ICT Training Empowerment Programme is a national programme of the Renewed Hope Initiative with NITDA, chaired by Her Excellency Senator Oluremi Tinubu. Across three cohorts it has reported 607 participants nationwide.
Osun's part is to select, prepare and accompany the state's delegation to every cohort — coordinated by our founder in her role as State Coordinator of the Renewed Hope Initiative in Osun.
The national programme, cohort by cohort
2023
35women nationwide
2024
252women nationwide
2025
320women nationwide
Total
607reported nationwide, all six zones — not an Osun figure
These are national figures for the whole programme, across all six geopolitical zones — not Osun's alone. Osun sends a delegation to each cohort.
What she learns
Three weeks, full time, hands on.
What she takes home
- A brand-new laptop
- ₦200,000 seed capital
- MTN Mi-Fi with 30GB of data
- Laptop bag, manual and writing materials
- Renewed Hope Initiative shirt and cap
The 2025 cohort drew 320 women from all six geopolitical zones. The South West trained in Akure in November, where Her Excellency Mrs Oluwaseun Aiyedatiwa, First Lady of Ondo State, visited the participants. The programme closed at the Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja, hosted by Her Excellency Senator Oluremi Tinubu.
₦20 million in working equipment
Sewing machines, wheelchairs, laptops, generators and shoemaking machines for persons with disabilities, at the JONAPWD centre in Ede.
Provided by the Osun State Government with Real Care Humanity Foundation. Her Excellency was represented at the ceremony.
Full record
Everything in one table
Each programme, who it was done with, and Her Excellency's part in it.
| Date | Programme | Reach | Delivered with | Her Excellency’s role | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | Widows' business grants · Government House, Osogbo | 200 widows · ₦10 million | Office of the First Lady with the Foundation | Organised by her office | Radio Nigeria |
| 2023–25 | Women ICT Training · national programme | Osun delegation in all three cohorts; 607 reported nationwide across six zones | Renewed Hope Initiative with NITDA | State Coordinator for Osun | Nigeria Startup Act |
| Jul 2024 | Disability empowerment · JONAPWD Centre, Ede | Equipment over ₦20 million | Osun State Government with a partner NGO | Office of the First Lady represented | Qualitative Magazine |
| Jul 2024 | Rehabilitation & reintegration · Osogbo | 2 women · ₦1m each · 6-month programme | Blossom Girls Outreach Foundation | Spoke at the grant presentation | City Mirror News |
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Which of these should reach further?
Doing more of it depends on funding, governance and safeguarding being in place.