Wife of Nigeria's Vice President, Barr.Mrs.Dolapo Osinbajo arrived Owerri today to attend the graduation ceremony of 810 participants of the "Project Ayodele' graduation ceremony.
Established in memory of Mrs.Osibanjo's late mother, 'Project Ayodele' offers various skills acquisition courses to its participants.
Speaking during the ceremony which was held at the Imo State International convention Centre, Owerri, today, Friday June 24, 2016, Barr. Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo said that government alone
cannot fight poverty and crime in the country, adding that well meaning
individuals could also play a major role in the reduction of poverty and crime
rates in the society through empowerment programmes.
She said, “the
Foundation PROJECT AYODELE was set up in memory of my mother who died four
years ago. So, this foundation is an honour to her memory. Training
people on skills that can be turned speedily into cash was a move to empower
our people and stop poverty and crime in the nation.”
She continued, “I have come
to Imo state to celebrate men and women that have graduated today under the
auspices of, PROJECT AYODELE. With the training and the skills acquired, those
involved can take care of themselves. We did not know many years ago when
we started the project, that I will end up as the wife of the
Vice-president. And I didn’t know too that I could be in Imo for that.”
According to her, “where
you are today have nothing to do with where you are going tomorrow. I
pray for the participants. Whatever they have learnt would take them to a
higher height. I was just watching the video about the 200 homes built
for indigent women by the wife of Imo governor, Mrs. Nkechi Okorocha. I
congratulate her for that feat. The Imo governor’s heart is large that it
continues to speak so plainly from. ”
Governor Rochas Okorocha
in his speech at the colourful event wondered why Nigerians should be singing
the song of poverty amidst wealth and knowledge. We have 200 million
Nigerians and over one million millionaires and billionaires. If we make
a law that every billionaire or millionaire must engage or empower 200 people,
one will discover that the 200 million will be self sufficient and poverty will
disappear”.
Governor Okorocha
continued, “If every bigman in Nigeria builds something that will create Job,
there won’t be poverty.” In Nigeria poverty claim does not reflect
practical realities. I am happy because the wife of the Vice-president
has created more than 800 direct jobs in Imo on her own. If every
politician does that, we will be hiring labour from outside. This is why
I am not worried about the corruption that is internal but the one that is
external because it allows the resources of the land to go to foreign
countries.”
His words, “Woe betide
all leaders who stock their money abroad to develop other people’s country
while they live their people in penury. That is the corruption that is
bad for our country. If we can invest the resources in this country, no
matter the source, there will be no poverty in the country. I commend the
wife of the vice president for the initiative.”
The anchor woman of the
programme in the state, and wife of Imo governor, Mrs. Nkechi Okorocha said the
wife of the Vice-president had done the state a great favour by training more
than 800 indigenes of the state to acquire various skills, adding that the
exercise was a direct complement to the Job, Job creation mantra of the Imo
state government.
Mrs. Okorocha urged the
beneficiaries to also transfer what they have learnt to others so that poverty
will be eradicated in the state and the state would be better for it, thanking
the wife of the President Aisha Buhari for the support and love she has
continued to show the wives of the governors in the country.
The wife of the governor
of Abia state, Mrs. Nkechi Ikpeazu and her Enugu state counterpart, Mrs. Monica
Ugwuanyi attended the event.
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