By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
The Senator representing Oyo South Senatorial District, Senator Sharafadeen Alli has assured the people of the Senatorial District of
quality representation and unprecedented empowerment programmes.
Senator Alli gave the assurance on Friday, during his inauguration party held at the Methodist Grammar School field in Igboora.
He maintained that as the Senator representing Oyo South Senatorial District, his kind of empowerment would be different from the common distribution of motorcycles, refrigerators and others without complementary support for sustenance.
According to Senator Alli, his empowerment would be more focused on individuals identified skills and vocation, saying, ” what I intend to do is give them the empowerment materials with cash support to sustain it”.
” For instance, when we give someone a deep freezer, we will support the person with goods to sell and cash. We do not want situations where people sell the empowerment materials after collecting them. That is why we would more focused on their basic skills and vocation”, he said
The Senator representing Oyo South stressed that such would be apart from the seeking employment for employable youths, support for undergraduate students, revolving loans, as well as support for traders and farmers.
Emphasizing that farmers would benefit tools and cash support to sustain food sufficiency, Senator Alli promised to touch all villages as well as towns in the district and that he would do all within his capability to ensure upgrade of Igboora General Hospital to a Federal Medical Centre.
Speaking further, Senator Alli tasked Nigerian youths to shun social vices and engage in vocations and shun social vices, saying,such would help in empowering them for the sustenance of their livelihood
APC leader in Ibarapa Zone, Chief Timothy Jolaoso while speaking commended Senator Alli for his exceptional style which would no doubt achieve unprecedented feats in the end said that the lawmaker has started well and in exceptional way.
“We have never had any senator who returned for a second term in Oyo South. Alli may end up being the first to return for a second term with the way he has started. His efforts has been unprecedented. He has started well and will definitely achieve new feats. I am very confidence he would represent us well,” he said.
The event was attended by Alhaji Olayide Abas, the State APC Deputy Chairman, Alhaji Mojeed Olaoya, the Oyo South Senatorial Chairman, party leaders and members from the three local government in the zone.
