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As the world marked International Day of Persons with Disabilities today, 3rd December 2025, the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) chaired by Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, rolled out a powerful combination of medical and economic support for people living with disabilities in Benue State.
The twin programmes — an Economic Empowerment scheme and a large-scale Free Medical Outreach — were flagged off at Benue Hotels in Makurdi under the theme “Fostering Disability-Inclusive Societies for Advancing Social Progress.”
Over 2,826 persons with disabilities received free consultations, diagnoses, medications, and assistive devices during the one-day medical mission. At the same event, 100 individuals drawn from all 23 local government areas of the state were selected for cash grants, skills acquisition training, and start-up tools under the economic empowerment component.
Governor Hyacinth Alia, who attended the event, commended the First Lady for her consistent focus on the most vulnerable. He urged beneficiaries and other residents to maximise the opportunities provided by RHI, describing the initiative as a practical demonstration of inclusive governance.
The Benue State Coordinator of RHI, Hon. Scholastica Terngu Ben-Sor, disclosed that the outreach is only the latest in a long line of interventions that have included food palliatives, scholarships, direct cash transfers, and grants to women and persons with disabilities across the state.
Today’s programme once again spotlighted Senator Oluremi Tinubu’s pet project as one year into the Tinubu administration: a quiet but persistent push to place women, youth, and the physically challenged at the centre of Nigeria’s renewal agenda.
For the thousands who queued under the Makurdi sun with hope in their eyes, the message was clear — no one will be left behind.
