In tandem with the Renewed Hope Agenda of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration, the 30 local governments in the state, which are being controlled by the All Progressives Congress (APC), have embarked on the empowerment of one hundred and eighty thousand (180,000) residents of the state.
According to a statement signed by the Director, Media & Publicity,
Renewed Hope Ambassadors, Osun State, Kayode Oladeji, at fifty thousand (50,000) naira per beneficiary, a sum of nine billion naira is currently being disbursed to the people, especially those at the grassroots, as a form of assistance to them to shore up their means of livelihood.
Planned to run for four quarters in the year, already two quarters have been undertaken as ninety thousand (90,000) beneficiaries have already received the sum of four billion and five hundred million(4.5b) naira across the 332 wards in the state.
Speaking on the development, which is already generating positive reactions among the people in the state, the State Coordinator of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors, Oluomo Sunday Akere, commended the local government chairmen for keying into the vision of President Bola Tinubu, which is geared towards running a purposeful leadership and making life better for the downtrodden.
Akere, who was a former Commissioner in the state, further praised the council bosses for the initiative, describing it as a people-focused program capable of enhancing the living standard of many in the state.
According to him, empowering about two hundred thousand people in the state with a princely sum of nine billion naira would, in the long run, have a positive impact on the economy of the state and its people.
“It’s heartening to note that this empowerment program embarked upon by our local governments’ chairmen for 180,000 people in the state, especially those at the grassroots who are mostly artisans and farmers, among others, will invariably impact on the state economy. With fifty thousand naira to each beneficiary, nine billion naira will be sunk directly into the undertakings of the beneficiaries at the end.
The state coordinator stressed that the ripple effect of such investments in the people would be positively felt by many, as it would help to enhance businesses and undertakings of the downtrodden.
“We are happy that our elected local government officials across the state who are of the APC stock are rightly showing the way on how the state should be governed for the people at the grassroots to benefit. Chiefly, this is one of the reasons we strongly believe that the state and its people will be good for it if APC wins the coming gubernatorial election and President Tinubu is reelected next year,” he emphasised.
While urging the chairmen not to relent in their drive for purposeful leadership, which could guarantee good governance, the Igbajo-born politician implored the people to continue to support the APC.
“Our leaders, stakeholders and members of the party should continue to galvanise the interest of the people with a view to having a strong support base for APC to sail through at the coming elections. It’s only when we are successful that the teeming populace can continue to benefit from our lofty programs. We should never relent in doing the needful in this regard,” Akere admonished.
He assured that many people-centred programs that would continue to cushion negative effects in the economy would always be put in place for the benefit of the people.