The Abia state government has given out vehicles free
of charge to the youths of Ikwuano local government area as a way of
reducing unemployment and alleviating poverty, Channels Television
reports.
According to Governor Theodore Orji, the gesture was to create jobs,
reduce idleness and criminality, enhance the standard of living and
minimise accidents associated with the use of motorcycles popularly
known as okadas.
A total of 30 people, including youths and women, benefited from the state government’s latest gesture.
The governor made his way to exchange pleasantries with the traditional rulers while acknowledging cheers and accolades from the people of Ikwuano.
Governor Orji, shortly after inspecting and commissioning the vehicles, stated that the empowerment programme had bought joy to Abians and also helped to curb youth restiveness in the state.
On the roads of Umuahia metropolis, some of the beneficiaries who had put their vehicles to work thanked the government for the gesture.
Orji said that from Ikwuano local government area, the empowerment strategy of the government to reduce unemployment would continue to Umuahia South LGA until all the youths in the 17 local government areas can boast of a means of livelihood, thereby contributing their quota to the economic development of the state.
It will be recalled that the Presidential Jobs Board is drafting a National Jobs Bill aimed at fast-tracking the government’s efforts toward creating two million jobs a year for Nigerians.
Governor Theodore Orji
A total of 30 people, including youths and women, benefited from the state government’s latest gesture.
The governor made his way to exchange pleasantries with the traditional rulers while acknowledging cheers and accolades from the people of Ikwuano.
Governor Orji, shortly after inspecting and commissioning the vehicles, stated that the empowerment programme had bought joy to Abians and also helped to curb youth restiveness in the state.
On the roads of Umuahia metropolis, some of the beneficiaries who had put their vehicles to work thanked the government for the gesture.
Orji said that from Ikwuano local government area, the empowerment strategy of the government to reduce unemployment would continue to Umuahia South LGA until all the youths in the 17 local government areas can boast of a means of livelihood, thereby contributing their quota to the economic development of the state.
It will be recalled that the Presidential Jobs Board is drafting a National Jobs Bill aimed at fast-tracking the government’s efforts toward creating two million jobs a year for Nigerians.
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