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Lawmaker Empowers Okrika People
Chiefs, politicians, council officials and several opinion-leaders were on hand at the multi-purpose Hall of Okrika Local Government Council on Friday, November 30, 2012 to witness the first skills scquisition graduation ceremony for the successful set of graduates who passed though training in welding, computer appreciation, catering, cinematography and film editing, computer maintenance, hair dress, decoration, fashion and design, put in place by Hon. Arc. Belema Okpokiri, member of the Rivers State house of Assembly, representing the Okrika Constituency.
Operating under the auspices of Divine Service Empowerment scheme, Hon. Okpokiri said “I believe in human capacity development and this programme is a modest fulfillment of part of my campaign promise if helping to make our people self-reliant as their representative in the state legislature”.
A total of 57 persons, including fishing groups, drawn from all the 12 wards of WALGA, benefited from the gift of starter materials from the lawmaker. Items given out include computers, welding machines, sewing machines, materials for event decoration and hair dressing equipment, with a view to starting of all the beneficiaries in their various skills and to enable them create employment, thus contributing to peace and evelopment of the Okrika people.
In his opening remarks, Hon. Leyii Kwanee, Deputy Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, who represented the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Otelemaba Dan Amachree, described Hon. Okpokiri as a good example of what the 7th session of the Rivers State House of Assembly represents, saying that the lawmaker has shown that he is both responsive and responsible in the overall drive for development by these whose mandate he carries.
Hon. Kwanee then challenged the beneficiaries to justify the investment by sharpening their skills through effective utilization of the materials, for both self empowerment and generation of employment opportunities for others, as their contributions to the upliftment of the area.
While presenting some of the items, Hons Godstime Benjamin Horsfall and Victoria Wobo Nyeche also called for effective usage of the gesture by Hon. Okpokiri in order that it would serve as an encouragement to other privileged members of the society.
Earlier, Hon. Onari brown, chairman of the House of Assembly Committee on Information & Training, had commissioned the Constituency Office of Hon. Belema Okpokiri at Ogoloma, Okrika Mainland, declaring it open for better interaction between the lawmaker and the people of his constituency.
Wisdom Sam Igbanibo and Esther Okpaku, two of the beneficiaries of the training and start-off materials, were elated and expressed gratitude to Hon. Okpokiri “for making my dream come true. With these items, I hope to start a business cnetre and earn my own money and live a better life”.
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