About 180,000 Osun State residents are to benefit in the ongoing empowerment programme embarked on by the All Progressives Congress (APC)-controlled 30 local government areas of the state in tandem with the Renewed Hope Agenda of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration.
A statement by the director, Media and Publicity of Renewed Hope Ambassadors in Osun State, Kayode Oladeji, said, at N50,000 per beneficiary, the sum of N9 billion is currently being disbursed to the people, especially those at the grassroots to shore up their means of livelihood.
According to him, the empowerment programme planned to run for four quarters in the year already had 90,000 people benefitting in two quarters adding that the sum N4.5b had been disbursed across the 332 wards in the state.
Speaking, the state coordinator of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors, Oluomo Sunday Akere, commended the local governments chairmen for keying into the vision of President Bola Tinubu which is geared towards running a purposeful leadership and making life better for the downtrodden.
Akere who was a former Commissioner in the state, further praised the council bosses for the initiative, describing it as a people-focused program capable of enhancing the living standard of many in the state.
According to him, empowering about two hundred thousand people in the state with a princely sum of nine billion naira would, in the long run, have a positive impact on the economy of the state and its people.
The state coordinator stressed that the ripple effect of such investments in the people, would positively be felt by many as it would help to enhance businesses and undertakings of the downtrodden.
While urging the chairmen not to relent in their drive for purposeful leadership which could guarantee good governance, the Igbajo-born politician implored the people to continue to support the APC.
