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Women’s Empowerment
Expanding livelihoods through grants, enterprise support, skills and access to opportunity.
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Compassion
in action.
A life of service devoted to women, children and communities—advancing dignity, opportunity and hope across Kogi State.
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Her Excellency
Hajiya Sefinat Usman Ododo
A purposeful public life
Leadership that listens.
Service that reaches.
Hajiya Sefinat Usman Ododo is the First Lady of Kogi State and the state coordinator of the Renewed Hope Initiative. Her work centres the people who are too often left at the margins: women seeking economic independence, girls pursuing education, expectant mothers, older citizens and persons living with disabilities.
Discover her story →Rooted in Okene
Opportunity for a woman is hope for an entire household.
Raised in Idoji, Okene, she brings a distinctly Kogi understanding of family, enterprise, resilience and community to public service.
Read the full profile →Pillars of impact
Progress made personal.
Focused programmes translate care into measurable opportunity for families and communities.
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Girl-Child Education
Championing education, confident choices and a future in which every girl can fulfil her potential.
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Health & Wellbeing
Supporting maternal care, vulnerable families and inclusive access to essential health services.
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Inclusive Communities
Restoring dignity for older citizens, widows and persons living with disabilities.
Learn more ↗2,000pregnant women reached with delivery kits and cash support
1,050widows supported through a statewide food outreach
500women and vulnerable persons empowered across Okunland
21local government areas in one united Kogi State
Publicly reported programme figures; final site publication is subject to Office verification.
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