By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri –
A Federal lawmaker representing Marte, Monguno and Nganzai Federal Constituency, Rt. Hon Mohammed Tahir Monguno, in collaboration with Centre for Management Development (CMD) has trained 380 people, mostly Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs as they resume livelihood in their liberated communities.
The 3-Day training which started on Wednesday 6th October and ended on Friday at Barwee Luxury Suites in Maiduguri had three sets of 95 participants each received training on tailoring, modern method of farming and cake making business, with disbursement of N19 million cash, were each participants got N50,000 start up.capital.
The federal lawmaker also presented six brand new Golf Wagoon vehicles to some members of his constituency to ease their means of transportation across the constituency.
In his address, the State Deputy Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Kalla Monguno said,” Hon. Monguno in the period under review, has distributed over 400 vehicles to people across the three council areas”.
” In addition to last month empowerment programme, where the Chief Whip in his magnanimity and vision towards restoring hope to the hopeless, especially IDPs, engaged over a thousand participants into various capacity building/trainings with empowerment packages amounting to over N70 million.
“He further drill boreholes, construction of classroom blocks, distribution of agricultural inputs and poverty alleviation materials across communities in the constituency”, Monguno said.
In her goodwill message, the Director General for Institute of Peace and Conflict Resolution, represented by the Team Lead, Mrs Ladi Achanya, congratulated the resilient people of the constituency for the gradual return of peace and commended security agencies, government and all stakeholders for the sustained efforts in defeating the insurgents.
She explained that, there is no development without peace, and therefore called on all and sundry to remain law abiding and unite with a common purpose and support Hon Monguno in moving the constituency forward.
The CMD Head of Procurement, Mallam Yusuf Ali in an interview with newsmen said, the participants were drawn from Marte, Monguno and Nganzai local government areas, adding that, they were trained by three consulting firms; namely, Sy-Kins Ventures, ISTRYV and Dzadveson Ltd.
He enjoined the participants to utilize the knowledge gained during the training, in order to be self reliant as they pick up their pieces in their liberated communities.
In his goodwill message, the federal Lawmaker , Barrister Mohammed Tahr Monguno said, “the over decade atrocities posed by Boko Haram has delt decisively on socio-economic wellbeing of millions of people in the constituency, hence, the need to train, retrain and empower his people economically with the little resources at his disposal.”
He added that the empowerment scheme which formed parts of his constituency projects was to compliment efforts of the present administration of Governor Babagana Umara Zulum who has passion to ensure IDPs return with dignity back to their ancestral homes.
While appreciating Governor Zulum and security agencies for their relentless efforts towards restoration of Borno’s lost glory, Hon Monguno expressed gratitude to people of the constituent for giving him continuous mandate to represent them at the National Assembly for 5 consecutive times.
“I urge you to shun negative actions and other vices that can lead to another violence, be agents of peace and development in your respective communities.
In a vote of thanks on behalf of the beneficiaries, Modu Aisami and Mustapha Gajiram expressed satisfaction and pledged to judiciously utilize the knowledge gained and the cash received to enable them become economically self reliant and contribute to the socio-economic growth of not only the constituency, but the state as a whole.
The event was attended by ruling All Progressives Congress, APC stakeholders from the constituency including House of Assembly members, chairmen and secretaries among others.
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