IKOT EKPENE
The President of the 10th Senate, weekend, distributed a massive array of empowerment items including mini buses, cars, tricycles, cargo tricycles, refrigerators, sewing machines, as well as cash grants and scholarships worth over N2 billion to beneficiaries from his Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District and across the other two Senatorial Districts of the State.
The gesture, which formed part of the second phase of his constituency empowerment programme, drew thousands of beneficiaries and supporters to the venue, turning the event into both a celebration and a political statement.
Akpabio lauded Eno’s leadership, describing him as “a man of peace and a man of God in attitude and actions,” whose collaboration with the federal government has brought stability and development to Akwa Ibom.
“President Tinubu is very happy with Akwa Ibom because of the peace and progress here, made possible by the unity between the state government and the Senate President,” he added.
The distribution of empowerment tools and financial aid is being seen not just as philanthropy, but as a strategic move to solidify grassroots support and prepare the political ground ahead of the next elections. For many beneficiaries, the day ended not only with tools of livelihood but also with a renewed sense of political allegiance.
Items distributed during the empowerment programme included 30 minibuses, 67 passenger tricycles, 50 cassava processing machines, 347 Deep Freezers, 247 generating sets, truckloads of 50kg bags of rice, over N2 billlion cash grants, scholarships and numerous others.
The President of the Senate along with his wife, Ekaete-Unoma, entourage consisting fellow Senators, political stakeholders and Local Government Chairmen later visited Ikono, Ini and Obot Akara Local Government Areas where he commissioned some constituency projects ranging from Police staff quarters, a fully built modern market, to school blocks, among others.
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