By Nahum Sule (Taraba State Correspondent, Jalingo)
As part of his commitment to the welfare of the people of his constituency, the Member representing Wukari Ibi Federal Constituency, Hon. Danjuma Usman shiddi, has empowered women and students in his constituency with various items and amounts of money.
For the Students, apart from the scholarship, educational material were given to selected schools.
The School that benefited are Government Secondary School (GSS) Wukari, Government Day Secondary School, Pwadza Primary School and Ebenezer Primary School, among others.
Women in Yam businesses were also empowered with funds to build up their business. Fishing materials were distributed to fishing communities in the constituency.
Speaking on the Programme, the Legislator said the idea of the empowerment programme is to take his people out of poverty. While saying that he will empower five thousand women and youths, the Legislator enjoined the people to judiciously make use of the money to better their life and never to sell off the items given.
According to him, 70 students from the Federal University Wukari and 50 from the Taraba State University received his scholarship.
Responding, some of the beneficiaries of the empowerment thanked the Federal Legislator for the human gesture. NNL.
