Sen. Alli empowers 1,000 constituents on e-commerce, vocational training
By Akeem Abas
In a bid to alleviate poverty and promote self-reliance, no fewer than 1,000 constituents have benefitted from the e-commerce and vocational training sponsored by Sen. Sharafadeen Alli (APC-Oyo South).
The two-day training programme held in Igboora and Ibadan from Nov. 12 to 13 with participants drawn across the 99 wards of the nine local governments that make up Oyo South Senatorial District.
Alli said that the programme, which is a great economic tool for self-reliance, targeted poverty alleviation and job creation.
“We sincerely believe those who participated in the two trainings will be able to use it in their different trades. It will afford some to start a different trade on their own.
“We have about a thousand participants for the e-commerce and other two sets of vocational trainings.
“It is spread across the 99 wards in the nine local governments that make up Oyo South Senatorial District.
“In the next one or two weeks, we are also going to distribute fertilizers to people of Ibarapa and the agrarian parts of Ido Local Government which is up to five wards making 35 wards,” he said.
Dr Chubby Egu, a Petroleum Chemist from Trato Nigeria Limited, said the training was facilitated to empower constituents to create businesses for employment.
“It will benefit so many of them because they would be able to start-up their business and generate income to take care of themselves.
“They will acquire knowledge to do a lot of things. It is a very good thing that our distinguished Sen. Sharafadeen Alli actually brought this to his constituency,” he said.
Alhaji Mojeed Olaoya, the APC Senatorial Chairman for Oyo South, commended Alli for the training and for representing his district in the senate.
“I want to say that for the first time in the history of Oyo South, our senator, in less than a year, has wonderful empowerment as well as palliatives for the people of the constituency.
“I must confess to you that he is doing wonderfully well. We are proud of him in this constituency,” he said.
Shuaibu Sani, one of the beneficiaries, appreciated the empowerment, describing it as a stepping stone to poverty eradication in the district.
“I think this is a stepping stone towards eradicating poverty out of my life and the entire people participating.
“If we put this into use, we can forget anything about poverty and it will give us food and everything on our table,” he said.
Another beneficiary, Mrs Bunmi Agbaje, thanked the senator for his commitment to implementing beneficial programmes and initiatives.
“It is very exciting. We give it to our amiable Sen. Sharafadeen Alli for this programme and initiative given to us. We say a big thank you to him.
“He said it, he made it and will continue to be doing it. We all say a big thank you to him,” she said.
While participants on e-commerce went home with android phones, others in the vocational training section went home with work materials.
All participants would also receive start-up funds in their various registered bank accounts at the end of the training.
It would be recalled that Sen. Alli, in the last six months, has supported more than 3,000 widows, 3,000 traders, sank boreholes, installed streetlights, repaired transformers and facilitated ICT centres for schools. (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)
