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Aisha Babangida revives mum’s Better Life programme

By Funsho Akinwale
11 March 2017   |   2:29 am
There are few better ways to pay tribute to the departed than by taking something they loved and grow it bigger than they left it.

There are few better ways to pay tribute to the departed than by taking something they loved and grow it bigger than they left it.

For Aisha Babangida, daughter of the former head of state, Gen, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) and his late wife, Maryam, this is the rationale behind the plan to relaunch of the Better Life for Rural Women programme, a pet project of her late mother, which positively impacted the lives of hundreds of women living in the hinterlands of the country.

Now, as she flies the flag of humanitarianism her mother left behind, Aisha is determined to take the programme to the next level.

She, during the week, relaunched the pet project towards accomplishing her lofty goal.

Better Life has been renewed with a sparkling new logo and new initiatives that would expand on the programmes already on the table.

Aisha had a hitch-free occasion, especially as the Matriarchs of the high society graced the occasion in droves in support of one of their own.

And she is succeeding in her mission too. Under her stewardship, the Better Life for the Rural African Woman programme has expanded into a behemoth of an organisation catering for a large swath of needs and interests.

From establishing a new microfinance bank, Egwafin Bank, catering to the needs of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), scholarships for indigent youths, empowering rural women, funding cooperative societies and supporting small-scale agriculture with grants and lots of other life-changing initiatives, Better Life has become a buzz word for transformative humanitarianism.

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