Minister of Women Affairs Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim and Turkish Minister of Family and Social Services Mahinur Ozdemir Goktas have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to transform social development and family welfare.
The MoU was signed on Tuesday, January 2026, in Ankara, Türkiye, by the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Suleiman-Ibrahim, who is part of the entourage of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s official state visit to the country, according to a statement signed by the head of press and public relations, Ahmed Lawan Danbazau, on Wednesday in Abuja.
The Minister, Imaan Ibrahim, in her remarks at the ceremony, said, “The MoU is the culmination of a year-long engagement, which aligns with President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, emphasising the Ministry’s commitment to working faster and smarter to reach a target of positively impacting 50 million citizens by 2030.”
Core provisions of the MoU include “strengthening families, facilitating Nigeria’s first National Action Plan on Families by year-end, with the care economy as a critical pillar to support family structures.”
“Empowering women, promoting entrepreneurship, strengthening socio-economic status, and establishing mentoring mechanisms to foster solidarity.
“Protecting children, developing holistic protection systems and early intervention mechanisms to prevent neglect and abuse.
“Inclusion of vulnerable groups, by ensuring full social participation for persons with disabilities and promoting ‘active ageing’ for senior citizens,” the minister stressed.
The minister further noted that the MoU is a sacred pact to prioritise the family as the engine of national prosperity, adding that “both nations will immediately begin exchanging experts and best practices to ensure these social protections deliver tangible results for every household.”
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