From Laide Raheem, Abeokuta
The former governor of Ogun State and the senator representing Ogun Central at the National Assembly, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has flagged off a week-long mega empowerment programme, which according to him would not be limited to his senatorial district, but extended to Ogun West and East.
explained that he extended his empowerment programme beyond his Senatorial Districts to compensate them for their support for him over the years.
Speaking at the flag-off ceremony and symbolic presentation of the vocation tools, held at the Ake Pavilion, Abeokuta, Amosun, explained that he decided to extend his empowerment programme beyond Ogun Central to compensate the people of Ogun East and West for their support to him over the years.
He pointed out that although he is representing Ogun Central, but his supporters cut across two other senatorial districts, hence, his extension of the gesture to them.
The senator listed 2,000 units of grinding machines; 2,000 units of sewing machines; 500 units of laptop/desktop computers; 500 units of 5kva generators; 500 deep freezers and 100 minibuses, as empowerment tools for individuals, groups and communities.
Amosun said, “One novel thing about what we are doing today is that we are not limiting this to just Ogun Central, even though Ogun Central will have more because I represent Ogun Central. But I know we have our people as well in the East and West. Though Ogun East and West have their own senators and they have been giving their people empowerment, but I’m doing this in the Central and I felt that I should extend that courtesy to our people in Ogun West and East.
“It is not only the people of Ogun Central that have been supporting me since, our people from Ogun West and East have also been supporting our cause and I feel they should also benefit from this empowerment programme.
“We are distributing 2,000 numbers of grinding machines, 2,000 numbers of sewing machines, 500 numbers of deep freezers, 500 5kva generators and 500 laptop and desktop computers for our students and we are distributing 100 buses to every ward.
He added that he had distributed 68 transformers; 540 solar streetlights; 48 boreholes; 440 hospital beds, just as he had renovated blocks of classrooms, as part of his constituency project.
