By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu
The Transition Committee Chairman of Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Hon. Stanley Nkwoka, has described the One-Youth, Two-Skills Initiative of the Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, as the best empowerment programme in the country that will eradicate touting in the state.
The council boss who stated this during a re-orientation exercise organized by the Ministry of Youth held on Tuesday, 3rd September, at Abatete Civic Centre, charged the new intakes not to toy with what he described as a rare opportunity, reminding them that their counterparts in other states of the federation were in dire need of such opportunities. He urged them not to take it for granted.
Hon. Nkwoka who is the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Chairmanship Candidate for the forthcoming Local Government Elections in Anambra State, advised the trainees and intending ones to pay serious attention to their trainers and ensure that they learned all they were supposed to learn. He asked them to be committed and responsive towards the exercise.
‘We are in the Second Phase right now. This is the best project you can find anywhere in the country. I want to thank specially, our Governor, for what you’re doing in the lives of these young people.
When you teach a young man how to fend for himself, you have practically done all you are supposed to do for the fellow. Governor Soludo is not just giving youths the fish, he is teaching them how to catch fish.
He is taking them to the stream to learn how to catch fish. The Governor wants them to learn how to catch fish on their own. The Governor is doing fantastically well. He is teaching them how to create wealth and be self-reliant. We are happy with him.
‘The fund that will be given at the end of the programme is not for the beneficiaries to squander. They should use it to better themselves and be useful to their families and society at large. They should be serious with the trainings. They should acquire the skills and put it to utmost use.
‘It is not just the take-off funds, the key thing there are the skills they will go home with at the end. This is the second phase and by the time he is done with the third or probably the fourth phase, you will not see any tout on the streets again.
I commend the Commissioner for his organisational skills and steadfastness. I call him the Jagaban. He is really doing something great with this programme,’ Nkwoka said.
The President General of Abatete, Chief Ezebinaobi Chimame Ezigbo; councilors; party faithful; Igwe of Abacha, HRM. Igwe Godwin Nwabunwanne Odiegwu; Hon. Mrs Phina Onwuachu; and Hon. Chief Donald Aroh; among others, attended the event.
