Ebonyi State: Senator Nwebonyi Promises Youth Employment & Empowerment
Moses Nwite, Abakaliki.
The senator representing Ebonyi North Senatorial Zone, Barrister Onyekachi Peter Nwebonyi, has promised the youths of Ebonyi State massive employment and empowerment.
Senator Nwebonyi made the promise while receiving the leadership and members of Izzi Nnodo Youth Forum, a non-governmental youth organization, led by Comrade Bene Nwovu at his home in Abakaliki, the State capital.
Nwebonyi used the opportunity to encourage all Ebonyi youths to eschew violence and embrace peace in order to enable development thrive in the State.
The National President of Izzi Nnodo Youth Forum, Comrade Ben Nwovu, speaking on behalf of the group, said they were on the visit to commend the senator for his meteoric rise to prominence in the National Assembly.
“Some senators spend their first tenure to learn the ropes in the National Assembly, but you dexterously keyed into the power hierarchy of the 10th Senate.
“It’s on record that you moved the first historic motion in the Senate. You are making us proud as a people,” said Comrade Nwovu.
Senator Nwebonyi appreciated them for their indispensable role in his overwhelming victory at the polls, assuring them of a robust reward system for all the constituents.
“My senatorial position belongs to the Izzi Nnodo Youth Forum because you worked assiduously for it. I believe that leadership is a competition in charity.
“All that is not given is lost. I will dedicate seventy per cent of my income to the masses and 30 per cent for my family because I believe that government money belongs to the people.
“I hereby donate the sum of five million naira for laying the foundation for the construction of Izzi Nnodo Youth Town Hall and another cash gift of one million naira for their transport fare.
“I will lobby for its inclusion in the zonal constituency intervention programme; but even if it doesn’t sail through, we must complete the building,” Nwebonyi said.
The Senator promised empowerment, scholarship programmes and enough jobs for the youths after consulting with the leadership of the Izzi Nnodo Youth Forum.
“It is not good for someone to have graduated from the University close to 16 years without a job. No, we are going to do something about it,” he pledged.
