..distributes 25 transformers to communities
Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta
The Chairman Senate Committee on Finance and the APC Ogun West senatorial candidate in Saturday presidential elections, Sen Solomon Adeola Olamilekan has said that his ambition to represent the people of Yewa at the red chamber is rooted in advancing the socio-economic development of the senatorial district.
Sen Solomon Adeola who is currently a second term senator representing Lagos West maintained that his decision to come back to his root, Ogun West is anchored on using his political platforms and influence to make life much more rewarding for his kinsmen and the state at large.
The Senator fondly called Yayi reiterated this commitment on Monday during the empowerment of over 4000 members of APC drawn across the senatorial district.
The empowerment saw the beneficiaries going home with tricycles, deep freezers, sewing machines, make up kits, laptops, dryers, cash grants, grinding machines as well as cooker and gas cylinders. 25 communities having challenge with their electricity were also given one transformer each.
The mega empowerment programme is coming after that of two weeks ago when about 6000 market women and traders were supported with cash grants running into millions of naira to boost their various businesses.
The lawmaker said “in the face of incapacitating economic challenges facing many of our citizenry across the nation, my focus in these facilitations is to bring succor and renewed hope for many Nigerians that would have been left with no where to turn to.
“By facilitating training and empowerment in equipment and cash grants, beneficiaries can have a start at making a living and contributing to the socio-economic development of our nation.
He said the beneficiaries drawn across the five local governments in the senatorial district have been trained on how to make good use of the various empowerment tools by Teachers Registration Council and National Productivity Centre.
The Senator said “my vision here is to further impact directly on critical sectors of the society in ways to cushion the effects of the downturn of the economy on vulnerable persons. Last year alone, I trained and empowered 3500 Ogun West citizens in various skills with all of them going away with various equipment for their learnt skills as well as startup grants.
“Equally last year I trained and empowered 200 youths with computer laptops from the senatorial district in the area of ICT while few weeks back another batch of 445 graduates have been trained to be internationally certified in different Microsoft software packages and are each being given a computer laptop today”.
Yayi, as the lawmaker is fondly called appealed to all the beneficiaries of the empowerment programme to make good use of the empowerment tools to improve on their fortunes and not dispose them for pittance.
He urged them to go all out on Saturday and vote massively for him, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate as well as other candidates of APC with a promise to bring massive turn around to the entire senatorial district.
The Coordinator of West to West Agenda, Dr Isiaq Salako lauded Sen Solomon Adeola for his committed interest in ensuring the well being of the people of the senatorial district saying that the Senator had in the last six months directly empowered over 15000 with a very significant multiplier effects.
Dr Salako said that all that the people should do to sustain the bounteous harvest of dividends of democracy with unfettered development spreading to every nook and crannies of the senatorial district, is to troop out in their thousands, on Saturday and vote Sen Adeola as well as the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and other candidates of the party.