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Nigeria’s Delta State gives 200 million naira to 2,500 women

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The wife of the governor of Nigeria’s Delta State distributed 200 million naira in cash and food items to 2,500 vulnerable women. Each recipient received 50,000 naira and food supplies as part of the state’s third food bank initiative, according to Businessday.

Nigeria’s Delta State gave more than 200 million naira in cash and food items to 2,500 women as part of the third edition of its Food Bank initiative, Businessday reports. Each recipient received 50,000 naira as well as food items, including rice, yams, beans and oil.

The beneficiaries, 100 women in each of the state’s 25 local government areas, include widows, people with disabilities and other vulnerable women. The distribution was organised by the office of the First Lady of Delta State at the launch of the initiative in Asaba.

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