Constituents from Irepodun/Olorunda/Irepodun/Osogbo Federal Constituency have benefited from the multimillion-naira empowerment programme facilitated by Hon. Olubukola Oyewo, a member of the Federal House of Representatives.
The All Progressives Congress lawmaker distributed empowerment items, including Generators, Grinding Machine, Sewing Machine and Hairdressing equipments to alleviate poverty in his constituency on Thursday.
So far, over 5,000 constituents from the Constituency have benefitted from the numerous multimillion-naira empowerment programmes sponsored by the Osogbo Federal Constituency representative in the Green chamber.
Speaking after the empowerment programme, Oyewo explained that the items given were based on the identified need gaps within his constituency in a bid to create wealth.
He said empowering his constituents and people generally gives him joy, especially as he has enjoyed unflinching support from them throughout his political sojourn.
According to him, the empowerment programme rounds off his 3-days Empowerment training programme.
The lawmaker said the empowerment programme is a fall out of his long-time search to alleviate poverty in his constituency, adding that the end result of coronavirus requires constant attention of lawmakers in their constituencies.
Oyewo, who is the Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Water Resources, reiterated that as a representative of the people, he will not rest on her oars in providing solutions to the needs of his constituency through his constituency office.
He said: “The beneficiaries of the empowerment programme today were carefully selected from all the wards and we would ensure we reach out to as many as we can.”
Some of the beneficiaries who reacted thanked the lawmaker for the gesture and promised their unalloyed support.
He called on all beneficiaries to follow the spirit of becoming fishermen, and also promised to continue with his commitment to his constituents and provide more social amenities such as accessible rural roads, rural water, electrification projects, public sanitation and others.
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