KnowAll:
i hate those tricycles, they reek of poverty!

Bawss1: Soon they'll give out skateboards as another form of empowerment.

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kioboy: @emindu. U are a bloody fool and one of those tout dat wash chinedu pants in other to eat. Hw can u even mentioned ma village (mbom) dat dat good for nothing governor hv constructed our road? While erosion hv eaten off d amuzukwu-mbom road. Infact in d whole of afarata there is no government project or presence. TA orji is a bloody thief and a disgrace to ibeku nation. One day his nemesis wil caught up wit him. Let him continue to buy all d houses in umuahia, one day ma children wil buy them from his lunatic chinedu or dat his imbecide son in d future. Fools

emindu: Abia State government has provided 500 tricycles to be given out free to indigent youths in the 17 local government areas of the state. Each local government would get 50 tricycles.
The gesture is in line with the youth empowerment programme of the state, which has engaged 4,500 youths in the local government.
Governor Theodore Orji, while inaugurating the tricycles, urged the transition committee chairmen of the local governments to ensure that the items get to the real beneficiaries. According to Orji, the tricycles should be given to those who need them and not those already empowered.
To ensure that the items are well distributed, Orji advised that it should be distributed at ward level through the local government areas and urged Transition Committee Chairmen of the local government areas of the state to liaise with traditional rulers of various communities in their localities, party executives at ward levels, market women and youth groups to ensure that the targeted group is captured.
Orji noted that from the distribution of tricycles that the state would advance to the distribution of vehicles, which according to him is his plan for the state.
“My wish is for Abia State to advance in all sectors of the economy-advancement of people, advancement of self and advancement in everything,” he said.
According to him, the present administration in the state is sincere and cares for the people, every person would be carried along by government so that they would have a sense of belonging and give out their best to the development of the state.
Emma Nwabuko, commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, described the occasion as another milestone by the present administration in the state to uplift the standard of living of the people, especially the youth.
According to him, the occasion is unique, because the leaders of tomorrow and strength of the society are benefiting from government.
Recall that the first phase of the Abia State youth empowerment scheme, geared toward eradicating poverty and crime in the society was launched in Aba, the commercial hub of the state recently.
Four youth groups, namely Aladinma, Columbia Youth Movement, Down Bellow and York City Youths and 20 other individuals benefited from the progrmmme, which kicked-off with Aba North and South Local Government Areas of the state.
The four youth groups were each presented with a commercial bus, while each of the 20 individuals got a tricycle (keke) to start transport business.
The scheme, which would be replicated in all the 17 Local Government Areas of the state, would also offer skills acquisition and scholarships to youths in the state.
Chinedum Orji, chairman, Abia Youth Council, the initiator of the scheme, affirmed that he intends to engage the youth in productive activities that would take them off crime.
He observed that youth engage in crime due to lack of livelihood and urged political office holders to invest in the youth and women, especially widows.
According to Orji, youth empowerment, would not only reduce crime in the society, but would also engender economic development.
He urged the youth to stay out of trouble and utilise the opportunity provided by the programme to better their lives as well as contribute to the economic development of the state and country.
“We started from Aba, because of its importance as the economic base of the state and that is also why Governor Theodore Orji is trying to restore infrastructure in the area,” he affirmed.
http://www.businessdayonline.com/NG/index.php/city-file/city-file/39097-abia-empowers-500-youths-with-free-tricycles

ulonnaya21: I don't know what some of us are saying. How much do you think that the said Tricycle cost? You don't know abi? Ok. You came out of school, graduate doing nothing. No job and you can not create one because you don't have any special skills in the first place. You are there, in the morning you will say 'yes it's morning' in the evening you will say 'yes it's evening'. Roaming the streets doing virtually nothing.
Anyway, for those of us that are tired of roaming aimlessly, we have decided to take up these tricycles to better our lives. If you have problem with that, it's your business and you will continue to be broke, always begging for money. I am a graduate and through this keke empowerment, men! am living and feeding my family while I have gone back to school to continue my studies doing my Masters programme.
Kudos to the government of Abia state on this tricycle empowerment program.