Senator Nnamani Empowers Constituents; Trains 45 Female Science Teachers On ICT

Posted by African Examiner African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News, News Across Nigeria, News From The State Tuesday, February 9th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ex-Governor of Enugu State and incumbent Senator representing Enugu East Senatorial District, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani has embarked on training, skill acquisition and poverty alleviation programmes for his constituents .

Speaking during the flagging off of the programme weekend in Enugu ahead of Senate resumption, Nnamani said it’s targeted on women and youths.

He however, traced the underdevelopment and various social vices plaguing the society to poverty.

According to him, the war against poverty eradication is irrevocable “if Nigeria must come out of the woods, all hands must be on deck to tackle poverty headlong”.

He hinted that already, 45 female science teachers selected from secondary schools in his constituency have been trained on information and communication technology ( ICT) and were awarded brand new laptops under his capacity building programme.

“Another batch of 80 women and youths were also trained on bio-entrepreneurship and capacity building with special breed of paw-paw seeds, plantain roots, fish fingerlings, bags of feed and water tanks for fish farming and start-up capital .

“In addition, no fewer than 400 applicants have been verified and captured for the N30,000 survival fund programme for artisans in Enugu East Senatorial District.

Besides, Senator Nnamani has provided solar powered street lights in New Haven Enugu and motor parks in Enugu metropolis.

A number of public primary and secondary schools in the Senatorial District are also to benefit from the renovation and reconstruction of classrooms with furnishings.

The ongoing first phase of rural access road from Agbani to Ugbawka community Senator Nnamani said is to create an access road for farmers in the area.

Only last week, 100 women from his constituency received non-refundable N20,000 each from the poverty alleviation/ women empowerment programme of the senator.