By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia –
The Director General (DG) of Nasarawa Geographic Information Service (NAGIS), Hon. Sonny Agassi, has shared the sum of one hundred thousand naira (N100,000) each, to 100 vulnerable persons totalling ten million naira (N10,000,000), as empowerment.
Hon. Agassi, made the distribution at an occasion in his country home, Agwede, in Obi Local Government Area of the state to mark his 54th birthday anniversary, on Sunday.
The beneficiaries of the empowerment program were carefully selected from the five electoral wards that made up Jenkwe development area in Obi local government council of Nasarawa State.
Prominent among those, who attended the occasion were the Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, Dr. Emmanuel Akabe, Senator Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, former Governor of Nasarawa State, traditional rulers and politicians.
Earlier in a welcome address, Hon. Agassi, expressed gratitude for the opportunity offered him to serve at various capacities in the state and for clocking 54 years of age.
The elated Agassi, pledged to continue giving back to community and state that made him, saying that he has been doing that and it is going to be a continuous process.
Speaking at the occasion, the deputy governor of Nasarawa State, who congratulated Agassi, for clocking 54 years, thanked him for his humanitarian gesture to alleviate the sufferings of his people.
“I want thank our brother for his humanitarian gesture, this to me is very sensitive and it calls for emulation. He can’t give to everybody, but 100 is a large number that he’s impacting on” Akabe said.
Dr. Akabe, who was also the special guest of honour at the occasion, called on the beneficiaries to utilize the money and extend the kind gesture done to them to those who didn’t benefit.
Senator Al-Makura, who was the father of the day, on his part commended Sonny Agassi, for remembering his people back home by providing palliative for them in form of cash to alleviate their hardship.
“Your Excellency, today we are celebrating somebody that I will like to always commend. Sonny Agassi, is loyal, respected, very frank and a honest human being. This is somebody that I am always pleased with because he has added value to my administration when I was the governor”.
“Let me commend you for this large heartedness, for thinking about your community and giving back to them. Like Sonny, I want us to give back to the community that made us, for people to feel our impact”
“I want everyone that is here today who has gotten any opportunity, no matter how small, to support your community through palliative. It doesn’t have to be big. I am throwing the challenge to all of us, including myself, that no matter how small, we should think of those who have not”. Al-Makura said.
Highlight at the occasion was the symbolic presentation of a dummy check of ten million naira to some disabled beneficiaries, while cultural dancers thrilled the audience.
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