SoNature: Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State yesterday empowered over 500 Ebonyi people hawking in various cities across in the country with N2 million naira to help them improve in their businesses.
Flagging off empowerment of 500 indigenes of the state in Abakaliki, Nwifuru noted that the 500 persons would be trained in various skills by the state government and empowered with N2million each after the training.
Nwifuru who took time to narrate his humble beginning as a bricklayer before he became the governor, urged the people of the state to engage in meaningful ventures from where they may be promoted to higher level the way he did and became the governor. He implored the beneficiaries to use the opportunity to learn skills that can enhance their standard of living.
He said “I wear your shoes and I know where it pinches. I suffered a lot, I passed through hurdles, I passed through stages of life and I now realized that those stages I passed is because God wants to equip me”.
“I made myself available for God to equip me. So, it is now a challenge to most of our leaders, to most of our youths today to make yourselves available today for God to equip you”.
“Its not easy for a young man to be a bricklayer, its not easy and I decided to make myself available. Today, you are here to learn skills, you have good skills but that skills refused to put food on your tables”.
“This is why we have lots of skill development centres here and we said you should come and learn some other skills which can put foods on your tables, even without much struggles you will see food on your tables”.
“Some of you have what you are doing that you need only some little support, then you can grow it very well and that is why you are here so, it is not by force that you learn skill if you have what you are doing that is very much enormous to feed you”.
The State Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Business Development, Chief Oguzor Offia- Nwali told journalists that the state government was targeting 1,5000 people of the state for the empowerment programme.
On his part, the Commissioner for Trade and Investment, Nnanna Elechi, said the empowerment progarmme was Governor Nwifuru’s desire to liberate the indigenes of the state who are hustling in the streets of Lagos, Abuja, Onitsha, Aba, Port-Harcourt and other cities in the country.
He added that the training and empowerment programme was in line with the charter of needs manifesto of the present administration in the state.
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FrancisDiote: you de whine abi? Money stop nonsense. Portable was stripped naked but now who de remember that video again. The guy still de go show de Cashout on a regular. I get you, if you no fit do am based on who you be, more than 70 million Nigerians will give it a shot
in your world money is everything but to me it is not so
FreeStuffsNG: The Tonia Somaga lady who mocked, insulted and criminally defamed Asiwaju Tinubu was hired by LAMATA owned by LASG.
They want a stop to hiring of Igbo and non-Yoruba to the SW civil service like SE Igbo states do too. State Govts are not created for all comers so they are right; both the Igbo states and these Yoruba insisting that their own states must do same.
North did same too and it made the North develop rapidly. We are all Nigerians and that is why subnational level of govt like States and LGAs are strictly meant to prioritize their own people first. It is done everywhere in the world and that is the spirit in having sub national levels of govt.Prioritize your own people like SE states do.
Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello admitted that it is the right thing to do and it is constitutional to prioritize your own people at sub national level of govt. It is wrong for sub national govts to hire and make it all comers, it is not good for democracy and peaceful coexistence between the visitors and their hosts. I was shocked to hear the perspective shared openly by the Sardauna. Today, we would have called it hate speech but he was stating that his priority is to Northerners because he is a Northern Govt Premier.
so Tinubu owns lagos. Personally I support any treatment theory Igbo let me know if my people will be sensible enough to join Biafra
muykem: Igbo method of politics will make it difficult for them to succeed in Nigeria politics. Buhari defeated GEJ and years after south south has made adjustment to work with government in power, Igbo is still nursing hatred. 2023 election has come and gone, Igbo has turned politics to hatred again. Their leader is calling the whole Yoruba political rascal and nobody is calling him to order.
N3TRAL: Tinubu is the only prepared president in Nigeria's history. He's prepared on how to change Nigeria since '93 and formed alliances for that purpose.
If Atiku was elected, he'd also be the most prepared.
Obasanjo became Head of State by chance after Murtala Mohammed was assassinated. He was released from prison in '99 to be president because he conducted elections in '79 and the Abiola treatment of '93 made them choose a Yoruba candidate.
Yaradua was a sick governor who was installed by Obasanjo so he could control the government easily.
Goodluck Jonathan never contested to be the Governor of Bayelsa State. He became president by chance after the demise of Yaradua.
Ironsi became Head of State in '66 after bloody coup he wasn't really part of. In 1965, he wouldn't believe he would be president in January of the next year.
Yakubu Gowon became Head of State because of a counter coup of July '66. Before the bloody coup of January '66, that year, Gowon wouldn't have dreamt of leading Nigeria. He was a very young man, a bachelor who led Nigeria into war.
Murtala Mohammed only took advantage of Gowon's incessant trips and installed himself without a plan.
Buhari overthrew Shagari with the promise of ending corruption. When he returned in 2015 with promise of ending corruption he still had no plan . In fact, it took him 6 months to appoint ministers and form a cabinet.
Paretomaster1: Why will any sane person invest where his investment is not safe They always cry that Dangote don't invest in the East, they forgot how many of his trucks theyburnt down.
As it stand Dangote cement driver don't go to South East at all because they are being targeted.
When the Igbos start treating other Nigerians the way other Nigerians treat them in Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Abuja etc, Peole will start investing there.
can you show me the one you have invested even in your ow village
He might end up been the best president Nigeria ever had,yorubas are better administrators than northerners.
yes he might end up my foot. You want to eat your cake and have it. Do you know how much tinubu has invested into becoming a president. Tinube has spent more than any political aspirant in Nigeria. Or you think he is a father Christmas. Most of you who they pay 30k to spew trash online will suffer when Tinubu start enjoying return of investment. Is Tinubu your father after paying 30k to talk rubbish and you expect him to build infrastructure for you.
Vote4Obi: Nigerians, Africans and indeed the world watched with shock as primitive barbarians went wild in Lagos. Attacking everyone who looks like Igbo and preventing them from voting. Many people from SE, SS and even some Yorubas who looked neat.
Here are what Igbos and other non Yorubas should do going forward:
1. Do not allow yourself or family members to be counted in Lagos. Move to your state of origin if you can during the census & be counted there. If you can't for any reason, then lock your gate/doors and move everyone inside whenever census people arrive.
2. Igbos should ensure that headquarters of their businesses are domiciled in the East. Nnewi should be the motor parts hub in Nigeria. Onitsha the computer village hub. Aba the clothes and shoes hub. All containers should be opened in the East and redistributed across Nigeria from there. The bottom line will be to ensure their prices are significantly cheaper in the East and taxes paid there too.
3. Start divesting from Lagos and reduce your assets to the barest minimum. Lagos is not safe whether you like it or not. Had it been Igbos retaliated, these people would have used to opportunity to loot shops and burn markets. Some of them were even saying that Ebeano supermarket will be their first target once it starts. Stop risking your assets in a hostile region.
With AFCTA now in effect, ECOWAS is no longer the only region we can focus on. It's ECOWAS that made Lagos so attractive but with AFCTA, Eastern cities are now more strategically located.
Stop making yourselves vulnerable to envy, hate and attacks. Act now before it's too late.
also igbo should have a well equipped fire service in every of their market. The should stop depending on government for fir fighting. I always cry whenever I see my brother's goods been burned down
undisputedKOC: I love to put my money where my mouth is. Now that we are inching so closer to the presidential elections, I'm throwing this open challenge to all Peter Obi Zombidiots:
If the political fraudster Peter Obi Wins 1 Single State outside the South East, I will give N5 billion to LP account.
But if Peter Obi doesn't win a single State outside the South East, then all of you Zombidiots will leave all other tribes regions in Nigeria and go back to your cursed Southern poverty capital Alaigbo. That's all I want. I don't need any money from you wretched lots because all of you Zombidiots pooled together are worthless.
Challenge accepted?
oga you are a very poor man who have never counted good money. Infact non of your 20th linage have ever counted billion let alone having the money. I have gone through your post and no a billionaire will be reasoning like you. No billionaire even apc publicity chairman will have time to be typing these rubbish. The are involved in a strategic job. I know how a billionaire spends his time. You are a poor man that is paid 30k to spew trash
ElSudani: Arrant nonsense. Biafra did not vote to join Nigeria? What were they doing at the constitutional conferences in London before independence? Even when Awolowo brought up the issue of secession clause in the constitution who objected to it? This is what happens when foreigners try to meddle in things they don't know.
Politics / Re: Ebonyi Empowers 500 Hawkers In Various Cities With N2m Each by BUSINESSMAN2: 5:14am On Oct 18, 2023 
