During an interview in New York on Nigeria’s 63rd independence anniversary, Tomi Ademokun, the vice-president of Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation Americas (NIDOA), South Savannah chapter in Georgia, urged President Bola Tinubu to implement his ‘Renewed Hope Agenda’ to help alleviate poverty in Nigeria. She encouraged Nigerians to celebrate their country’s independence and called on President Tinubu to take action towards his agenda of hope.
The NIDOA executive stated further, “We need to really need to Hope: H-harness, O-opportunities, P-poverty, E- eradication in Nigeria and help lift people out of poverty through sustainable programmes, jobs, and restoring the economy and help to the most vulnerable poor.”
She said NIDOA South Savanna had been contributing its quota by supporting the less privileged in Nigeria and supporting student communities in the U.S.
Ms Ademokun added, “Recently, we partnered with Linkway diplomats and Calvary school, and we gave out seven scholarships totalling 700,000, 100,000 (each) to seven students.
“We have partnered with the Brazilian Development Initiative RADI foundation in southern Kaduna to help internally displaced persons (IDPs), orphans and farmers to make sure that they get agricultural products.”