Oyo Federal Lawmaker, Agboworin, Empowers Over 100 Youths, Women with Liquid Soap-Making Training
Olufemi Orunsola
The lawmaker representing Ibadan North-East/South-East Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Rep. Abass A. Adigun, who is popularly known and addressed as Agboworin has on Thursday trained over 100 youths and women on the vocational skill of soap making.
OPEN TELEVISION NAIJA (OTN) News reports as gathered tha the empowerment programme, carried out in conjunction with the National Directorate of Employment, NDE, held at his Felele residence in Ibadan.
Agboworin, who is a two-term lawmaker and Chairman, House Committee on Narcotics, while speaking on the event, noted that he facilitated the programme to improve the living standard of his constituents.
He urged the beneficiaries to use the opportunity of the skill to improve their economic status in their various communities and build a better tomorrow for themselves.
According to him, This is not the first time I have organized an empowerment programme like this. It is not the second nor the third time, and most people know me in this constituency.
“You have not come here to play, and you are here to learn something important to your life. I am sure they must have given you pamphlet that guide you through the procedure of making the soap.
He further acknowledged that the empowerment was made of a possible by the legislative chamber.
So, I want to urge you not to sell these equipment. Use them to build up your capital and create wealth for yourselves. Make something good out of this to become somebody.”
Meanwhile, OTN News items that come with the empowerment package include start-up cash, gas cylinders, tables, mixers and few other items, which will be presented to the participants to kick-start their businesses.
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