One Thousand and Fifty Lagosians were today presented with various items by the Lagos State Government under the auspices of the Empowerment Programme of the Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Ministry

The items include Hair Dryers, Pepper Grinding Machines, Generating Sets, Sewing Machines, Popcorn production machines, Clippers, Sterilising Sets and Generators.

In his remarks, the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu represented by his Deputy, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat urged beneficiaries to utilise the various items provided adding that the world is going through significant challenges at this time.

Thus making assistance to the vulnerable citizens critical.

He restated the commitment of the Administration to provide succour to citizens especially in the face of daunting challenges resulting from the COVID- 19 pandemic.

He acknowledged the contribution of women to the society stating also that the Administration will continue to focus on women by providing methodologies for their advancement.

According to him, ‘’This mega empowerment programme for women and indigent citizens in our State is a step in line to fulfilling one of the many promises made to Lagosians at the inception of this Administration.

One of which is to alleviate poverty in our State through empowerment programmes targeted at people in low income bracket’’.

The Governor further stated that the empowerment programme is ‘’effective and pragmatic approach ‘’ to empower women for economic independence and self-reliance.

He added ‘’women are powerful agent of change in view of the massive role they play as home builders and change makers, hence, our relentless commitment to ensuring that the rights of our women are protected and given equal opportunity to thrive’’.

Speaking earlier, the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Hon. Cecilia Bolaji Dada, noted that the need to confront poverty and ensure economic growth informed the empowerment programme which focused on women majorly.

She described the empowerment as available to all citizens who needs it without consideration for tribe, gender, religion or political affiliation. She added that trainees of the various vocational centres who were unable to raise capital for take-off were targeted.

Dada further stated the commitment of her Ministry to sustainably Reduce Poverty through the R8 Vocational Centres in the State offering training in 20 Vocations.

In a message to the occasion, the First Lady represented by the wife of the Attorney General – Mrs. Olabisi Onigbanjo urged beneficiaries to utilise the equipment so as to become self reliant.

Lanrelagboi:


The items include Hair Dryers, Pepper Grinding Machines, Generating Sets, Sewing Machines, Popcorn production machines, Clippers, Sterilising Sets and Generators.

In his remarks, the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu represented by his Deputy, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat urged beneficiaries to utilise the various items provided adding that the world is going through significant challenges at this time.

bsalawu:
This people need to understand that we don’t need empowerment, what you need is a conducive environment,
good infrastructure
and great leadership!


Who your empowerment help?

Second base jare!

bsalawu:
You make the people poor... then you empowerment them... nice one.

This people need to understand that we don’t need empowerment, what you need is a conducive environment,
good infrastructure
and great leadership!


Who your empowerment help?

Second base jare!

bsalawu:
You make the people poor... then you empowerment them... nice one.

This people need to understand that we don’t need empowerment, what you need is a conducive environment, good infrastructure
and great leadership!

Who your empowerment help?

Second base jare!

bsalawu:
You make the people poor... then you empowerment them... nice one.

This people need to understand that we don’t need empowerment, what you need is a conducive environment,
good infrastructure
and great leadership!


Who your empowerment help?

Second base jare!

Lanrelagboi:


https://twitter.com/Mr_JAGss/status/1337134314635616260?s=19

expatriate:
It's better than nothing, though it is not enough and would not suffice in the long run.

But effective use will go a long way in placing food on their table for now.

bsalawu:
You make the people poor... then you empowerment them... nice one.

This people need to understand that we don’t need empowerment, what you need is a conducive environment,
good infrastructure
and great leadership!


Who your empowerment help?

Second base jare!

7lives:
Who made you poor, you better wake up and smell the coffee, your life is what you make it.
So who made people poor in America, and Europe or you think there are no poor people there too?.

bsalawu:
You make the people poor... then you empowerment them... nice one.

This people need to understand that we don’t need empowerment, what you need is a conducive environment,
good infrastructure
and great leadership!


Who your empowerment help?

Second base jare!

Amuluonyenaego:
It is crystal clear that most Nairalanders are Gguys...... Una no dey sleep?

Vaughanlanrewaj:


Please don't repeat this sir. It is completely wrong and clearly elitist or lack of understanding of developmental microeconomics.

Even in High School economics, poverty cycle is taught.Those items being donated by LASG are items that have greater and quicker impact on taking people out of poverty cycle. It comes from position of knowledge and I commend the government.

They are targeted at women and women are more likely to prioritise the feeding of their children than men and these women may now have extra to save in ajo on a daily basis after meeting basic survival needs. So while it may take years to finish major infrastructures, these women can survive until then.
To escape the poverty trap, the first thing you must achieve is savings followed by investment. Poor people, world over, hardly have enough to spend on basic needs, let alone have anything left to save.

This is very commendable in a place like Lagos but I am not sure it will work in Osun, probably the women may need agricultural tools than sewing machines.

In Nigeria, urban dwellers are actually those cheating the poor in the villages; for years, even without having roads , internet, water ,cars and electricity, they were picking up the bills used to fund petrol and electricity subsidy of their urban dwelling relatives to the point that nothing is left in national budgets even to buy medicines in their village cottage clinics.

If a developmental revolution must begin in Nigeria, it must start from those villages to shift resources to helping our poor in the villages not this elitist one by endSars protest or political state actors like Sowore.

The revolution must be organic and bottom up from the cheated Nigerian villagers and whoever must lead it should be from among them. Not those junketting around in brief cases calling themselves development expert. Our poor villagers must force government to give them a substitute of the subsidies their urban relatives are enjoying or enjoyed for years.

They must impose special developmental tax on their relatives returning to the villages and such funds must be used to fund their own economic and political activities.

We had a similar one with the Agbekoya and India is on the throes of one with the riots by farmers for days now. Those farmers are the real poor who are now piling pressure on Indian government.

This 24hr internet dwelling lifestyle itself that makes one privileged subsidy-enjoying Nigerian to be suggesting that the poor denied of everything do not need empowerment , itself is a reflection of how Nigerian urban dwellers think. They hardly imagine that the internet itself is a luxury these poor villagers can't afford yet pick up bills for those whose stock in trade is sabotaging the country after enjoying far more privileges than the real poor Nigerians in our villages.


If you are a villager privileged to read this, please note that your redemption and economic liberation is not in the hands of your urban relatives, as a matter of fact, they are part of the burden you carry.

To emancipate yourself, organize and insist that for any subsidy or privilege given to your urban dwelling relatives, an equivalent of it must be provided for your villages too.

Everything is not about those who have access to internet and can write English, there are real people suffering from the way government give more priority to the loud urban dwelling Nigerians but the lives of the poor especially in our villages too matter.

Fahdiga1:
So giving out wheel barrows is now empowerment. Afonjas don suffer