CONSTITUENTS COUNT GAINS, AS SENATOR SAMPSON’S CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME ENTERS DAY 2

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CONSTITUENTS COUNT GAINS, AS SENATOR SAMPSON’S CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME ENTERS DAY 2

participants cart away starter packs in equipment and cash

Participants in the Senator Ekong Sampson Capacity Building and Sensitization programme have carted away hundreds of equipment sets and cash grants as starter packs to set up Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in line with training motives received during the programme.

The presentations which included grinding machines, electric-powered motors, water pumping machines, sewing machines, clippers, generators, among other items, followed the participants’ completion of trainings in fashion design, confectionery, hairdressing, food milling, among others, at JUDAG Hotels and the Senatorial District Constituency Office in Eket.

The SME trainings, running simultaneously with the mining and gemstone business training, are components of the ongoing capacity building and sensitization programme sponsored by the Senator representing Akwa Ibom South Senatorial District and Chairman, Senate Committee on Solid Minerals, Senator Ekong Sampson, in partnership with the National Directorate of Employment and Nigeria Mining Cadastre Office, respectively.

In his pep talk to trainees at the various centres, Senator Ekong Sampson commended the resource persons for their commitment to sharing knowledge and the participants for their resilience in following through the training, urging the to make the best use of the information they are being furnished with in the course of the programme.

Speaking through his Chief Legislative Assistant, Sir Michael Essang, the Senator noted that Akwa Ibom State is currently under an administration that places premium on human capital development, as evident in the Governor Umo Eno’s initiative of the ARISE Youth Employment Portal and therefore reiterated his commitment to complementing the ARISE Agenda aspirations and use his office at the red chambers of the National Assembly to create a loop between the government and the people of Akwa Ibom South Senatorial District.

The State Coordinator of National Directorate of Employment, Mrs. Uduak Essien, lauded the Senator’s passionate commitment to poverty alleviation through human capacity enhancement, stating that the NDE on its part is delighted to partner the Senator to equip his constituents with relevant soft skills to enhance livelihood.

Mrs. Essien admonished beneficiaries to make good use of the opportunity, utilize the funds and equipment optimally and to remain diligently committed to their various business ventures, to demonstrate their gratitude for the Senator’s gesture.

In their separate reactions, mining trainees, Emmanuel Waribo from Eastern Obolo and Mfon Ikara from Oron, expressed gratitude for the privilege of benefitting from the Senator’s gesture, particularly appreciating the insight into the availability and value of some solid minerals in the Akwa Ibom South area, as well as market opportunities in the industry, whole Esther Obot and Etido Jackson, promised to build a trade out of the confectionary training.

© Media Unit,
Office of Senator Ekong Sampson,
20th October, 2024

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