Gov Eno To Unveil Empowerment Packages For 5000 Akwa Ibom Youths
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has disclosed plans for a youth engagement and empowerment rally on Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at the Uyo Township Stadium, to appreciate the youths structure and youths of the State.
He noted that the event will be used to flag -off a special support programme for 5000 youths in the State.
Governor Eno made the announcements while speaking at the September edition of the State Government Monthly Covenant Prayer Service at the Banquet Hall, Government House, Uyo.
The Governor said the rally, with its accompanying engagement and empowerment packages will be in fulfilment of his promise to reciprocate the honour done him and the leadership of the State by the youths in heeding to his admonition to distant themselves from the recent nationwide protest, due to the risk of being hijacked by some bad elements.
According to him, modalities for implementation of the programme will be outlined during the rally and names of beneficiaries from each LGA will be published for verification.
He explained that the youths to partake in the rally will be selected from the 31 LGAs as representatives, adding that SMEs selected for the programme have also been confirmed to be genuine and verifiable.
“We are going to have a rally to engage and empower our youths. That rally will be on Tuesday, 10th of September at the Uyo township Stadium. We are bringing 200 youths from each of our 31 local government areas. They are just representatives of their local government areas. On that day, we will also be able to explain how we want to support 5000 youths in our state immediately.
“We will also empower Small and Medium Enterprises from across the State. This empowerment will be a bit different from the ones we normally do. We have already finished our selection and we have 2000 of them, so don’t bother faking anything. We know these people, we have been to their shops, we have done a need assessment and we know what they want. We will publish their names and local government areas so that anyone can verify.
