400 women benefit from Aisha Buhari’s cash transfer initiative

The Katsina event witnessed a large turnout of women who are into various small businesses like agricultural products processing and marketing, catering (including akara and masa sellers), cosmetics, tailoring and beading.

Cross-section of beneficiaries waiting to collect their envelopes

Coordinator of Aisha Buhari Foundation, Dr. Kamal Muhammad who represented Wife of the President at the event said the cash transfer initiative is in line with the vision of Future Assured Programme on improving the health and wellbeing of women and children. The transfer, he said, will lead to an improvement in household income, which will in-turn improve feeding and nutritional status, school attendance and quality of education as well as improved health status of the family, among other benefits. These benefits, he said will contribute to the attainment of related Sustainable Development Goals.

Commissioner of Women Affairs, Katsina state, Badiyya Hassan Mashi (left) presenting cash to a beneficiary.

He charged the beneficiaries to expand their businesses with this cash support.

Commissioner for Women Affairs in the State, Mrs. Badiyya Hassan Mashi thanked the wife of the President for constantly supporting women, saying that the support will assist entrepreneurial women to expand the capital base of their micro businesses and become more self-sustaining. She urged beneficiaries to utilize the funds judiciously.