…doles out cash
From Jeff Amechi Agbodo, Onitsha
The Senator, representing Anambra North Senatorial District at Senator under the platform of Labour Party Chief Tony Nwoye has empowered over 14, 000 constituents, with empowerment materials worth millions of naira.
The items distributed include; engine boats, sewing machines, engineering kits, grinding machines, bags of fertilizers, bags of rice, generator sets and cash.
The Senators Nwoye while addressing beneficiaries said the gesture was part of his resolve to empower his people to reduce crime and unemployment in the Senatorial District and beyond.
He said he was disturbed each time he saw people, especially youths, roam the streets because they had no jobs.
Nwoye said: “what I am doing here today is to give back to the society and to thank God for seeing me through the February 28th, 2023 general election that makes me who I am at the moment and not for a political campaign.
“The beneficiaries, mostly, the youths and farmers cut across political parties in all the seven local government areas that make up the senatorial district to include; Ayamelum, Anambra East, Anambra West, Oyi, Ogbaru, Onitsha North and Onitsha South”.
Nwoye said that the gesture was aimed at giving back to the society, that has done so much for him, and he went down memory lane on his humble beginning, appreciating those especially, Prince Arthur Eze and Mr. Peter Obi whom he noted has touched his life in one way or the other toward contributing to what he is today.
He said the gesture was also to bring his people out of poverty, noting that people of his Senatorial District who are predominantly farmers need all the help they can get to push through life.
The senator advised them especially the youths to put the tools to meaningful use as he pledged to make the gesture a regular programme for a better society.
In his remarks at the event, the Lawmaker representing Onitsha North in the State House of Assembly, Hon Patrick Okafor, praised Nwoye for his magnanimity, saying the Senator had endeared himself to the people and urged him not to relent.
Some of the beneficiaries including Chief Sylvester Onukwu, Mrs Gloria Edu and Chuka Nwabudu expressed special thanks to their benefactor for thinking of such moves and said that at least 60 percent of the population of the youths are now empowered to be self-reliance.
They also appreciated him for what he is doing in Anambra as a whole in terms of helping in the provision of some amenities, saying that there is need for other politicians to develop their areas since government alone cannot do everything.
The empowerment programme which took place at All Saint Cathedral Church Field Onitsha, had before the distribution of items preceded with a Thanksgiving Mass at the Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church Onitsha where the senator thanked God for the successful election into the Senate in 2023 general election.
The event was attended by Mr. Peter Obi, the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Nnarmeka Achebe, all the Traditional rulers from Anambra North, Archbishop Valerian Okeke, Bishop Owen Nwokolo, Bishop Paulinus Chukwumemeka Ezeokafor, the Senator representing Enugu East, Senator Kevin Chukwu, Senator Victor Umeh, the Lawmaker representing Ogbaru Federal Constituency, Hon Afam Ogene, the State Chairman of Labour Party, Chief Ogochukwu Emeh, Mr. Valentine Ozigbo, Labour Party supporters, among others.