Ondo state Governor, Oluwarotimi
Akeredolu has urged Npower beneficiaries nationwide to reciprocate the gesture
of their engagement by the present administration by re-electing president
Muhammadu Buhari and his vice in the forthcoming general election.
The governor who gave the
charge at an interface with Ondo state
beneficiaries in Akure, the state capital noted that this move would enable other people benefit
from the scheme to improve their socio economic well being.
The Senior Special Assistant
(SSA)to the president on job creation, Afolabi Imoukuede led the volunteers to
Gani Fawehinmi Arcade, Akure after a road show in solidarity with Buhari
/Osinbajo administration .
Akeredolu who noted that the
scheme has given many Nigerian youths
opportunity to explore their God given talents called for continuity in
the scheme.
He said the President and his
Vice have kept to their promises to Nigerian youths also thanked them for the
initiative.
The Governor emphasized that his
administration would continue to play all required roles for the success of the
numerous social investment programmes of the federal government in the state.
The SSA to the President on job
creation, Imoukuede said about N15b is being expended on the 500,000
participants across the country.
Imokuede emphasized that the
Npower programme was being repackaged to connect beneficiaries to numerous
economic opportunities beyond the monthly stipends.
According to him, all structures and processes are being put in
place to create more windows of opportunities that would take them to the next
level with the hope of making them more useful to the society and their
immediate families.
Some of the beneficiaries
including Bayisemore Orioye, Afolabi
Akinjide and Oluwatoyin Adebayo hailed
the President for the scheme.
They enumerated the impact the
programme has made in the lives of over 16,000 beneficiaries in the state as
many have gone further in their education while many have also become employers
of labour.
The SA to the governor on public
and intergovernmental relations, Mrs Bunmi Ademosu, appealed to the
beneficiaries to get their permanent voter cards to ensure the re-election of
President Mohammad Buhari come 2019.
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