She also encouraged Nigerians to wear clothes made from Akwete fabric to support local traditions. At the event, the weavers gave her the traditional title of “Ugo Nwanyi” of Abia State in appreciation of her support.
The donation aims to strengthen the industry, create opportunities for the women, and help preserve this important cultural craft.
Akwete weaving is a well-known handwoven fabric from the area. Women in the community have passed this skill from one generation to the next for many years. The First Lady praised the women for their hard work and dedication in keeping this part of Igbo culture alive
Ok.
ReplyDeleteAkwete cloth is very beautiful and durable.
ReplyDeleteThank you First lady for your support.
Let me go and ask Davido on Instagram to come and sponsor my Akwete training ๐๐ฝ♀️๐๐ฝ♀️๐๐ฝ♀️๐๐ฝ♀️
ReplyDeleteDonated? I just hope the money actually gets to them in the end, and it’s not just for clout or political antics.
ReplyDeleteBut then again, why is it only when election season is around the corner that we start seeing gestures like this?
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Hasn't she be going around and donating to school around Nigeria and others. She was abused by nursing students or you suddenly have selective amnesia? Don't start this election card
DeleteIf Peter Obi donates his usual N5million naira TeeJay and obidients will praise him to high heavens without asking any question or reading meanings to it, but when others do their own you suddenly become circumspect asking foolish questions.
DeleteWhen they kidnapped those Orire school kids, obidients did not ask questions but immediately started criticising the government and even staged protests; but when God shamed them and the kids were released, they immediately now realized that it was staged.
Funny set of people
Anon 11:35,
DeleteThe difference is that H.E. Peter Obi has been a giver long before he was in power. So any gift he gives today won’t have a political undertone to it.
He has donated millions to missionaries and to the education sector. Which of your politicians comes close to him in capacity, integrity, and humanitarianism?
Let’s start from there.
Mention just one name and I’ll take you seriously and engage you further.
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They can never hide their bias
DeleteIf you really are as old and exposed as you claim to be @ TJ, then you will not give us thus usual hogwash of Peter Obi and all the capacity stories.
DeleteHow much did he grow Anambra IGR as governor, by how much did he reduce poverty in the state, give us data from National Bureau of Statistics, don't give me beer parlour statistics o. Luckily his friend GEJ was in office when he stopped being governor so you can't say they lied against him.
What remarkable project or initiative did he leave behind in that state that still resonates till today.
You say he has always been a giver, so is it today that Tinubu started giving?
You guys are just trying to pump up a man that doesn't even have the capacity to govern big states like Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Rivers, Delta, Akwa Ibom etc
Peteru is not saint and he's as incompetent as they come. Not his chosen VP yapping about sitting with terrorists to have convos or negotiations with them if they win. Where were y'all them or was it amnesia that got the better part of you then?
DeleteKudos the First Lady of the Nation.
ReplyDeleteMore of this should be encouraged.
DOZZYBEST.
That's a good one. Congratulations to the women
ReplyDelete50 million for empowerment.
ReplyDelete2 billion to boost weaving of clothes.
Celebrities should come out and help the poor.
Nice one First Lady
ReplyDeleteWell done First lady ๐
ReplyDeleteWell done First Lady
ReplyDeleteWhere is the source of this 2 billion???. For crying out loud this country has been milked dryyyyyyy
ReplyDeleteLet's assume without conceding that it was stolen, so you prefer those who steal it and keep it in their bank accounts.
Delete11:47. Thanks you
DeleteNoted!
ReplyDeleteInukwa Akwaete weaving๐
ReplyDeleteNice one dear First Lady
Thanks you ma
ReplyDeleteSee comments, everyone is commending the initiative, na Teejay dey ask iberibeism question
ReplyDeleteI wouldn’t applaud it just because it’s a South Eastern state, even though I hold a different opinion. That’s how rational I am when discussing issues here.
DeleteElection is less than 6 months away, so what’s wrong with my comment?
Donating ₦2 billion to boost Akwete weaving isn’t the problem. The real issue is, how does it improve the standard of living of the average poor Nigerian?
We need the economy to work. If it does, everyone will hustle and improve their standard of living. Donations like this only favor a particular group. If that money was used to build industries, it would create jobs, reduce unemployment, and have a bigger impact.
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Typical of you guys to try to twist logic on its head and say you are making sense.
DeletePeter Obi's N5m donations makes impact according to you but you try to question the impact a whole N2 billion will make. Try to make it make sense abeg.
You say it's to only one state, have you not been in this country in the last 3 years or you have been deaf and dumb to the donations she has made across different parts of the country?
Iyen na nice ๐ Weldone ma ๐
ReplyDeleteNext week she will say Davido, burna and asake should help Nigerians, meanwhile she's dropping billions every strategic point of political campaign.
ReplyDeleteGwam gwam gwam gwam those that borrows in billion dollars and donates few billion naira, while getting ready for another four years of borrowing and leaving the citizens suffering and hungry and expecting to be clapped for?
ReplyDeleteWho will now disburse the fund abi na audio money.
ReplyDeleteI commend such an initiative shaa but hope the fund is not borrowed??