By: Ike Philip Abiagom
To alleviate poverty and joblessness in Igbuzo Communities and beyond, Obi Nwaokocha Okeze Foundation organizes a three day workshop for free training and repairs of all PIAGGIO tricycles drivers by bringing team of experts from PIAGGIO Tricycles Pvt to Igbuzo in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State.
Obi Nwaokocha Joseph Okeze Foundation flag off the tricycles Empowerment Scheme last week in Igbuzo, over 2000 individuals have benefited from the empowerment, “There is no doubt that the foundation has created employment opportunities to combat poverty and create wealth towards empowering and supporting unemployed youths in Igbuzo.
Speaking to Newsbreeze shortly after declaring the training open, Dr Pat Adigwe, Coordinator of the training said the essence of coming up with the idea of packaging the free training program is to secure the future and longevities of the tricycles Empowerment Scheme in Igbuzo, because we Nigerians lack maintenance culture, with this training and free repair of these tricycles, it will enable the raiders to be self-reliant and cater for themselves and families at the end of the day.
This workshop for training and repair is unprecedented in the history of empowerment in Igbuzo. Obi Okeze foundation paid a hooping sum of ₦4,250,000.00 to PIAGGION Tricycle Pvt. to package the free training and repairs of the tricycle in Igbuzo. It’s on records that over hundreds of PIAGGIO Tricycles was given a total repairs and servicing with new oil and new parts.
The three days workshop for free training and repairs of all PIAGGIO tricycles drivers exercise, in collaboration with Obi Nwaokocha Okeze Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO),was completed last week and Adigwe expressed happiness over the exercise, saying the gesture has impacted a new maintainance skill on a lot of people.
“I am very delighted with the commitment of the Keke Raiders to learn new skills toward improving their living standard”.
“This gesture is part of Pastor Idowu Okeze’s agenda toward reducing the number of unemployed youths and eradicating poverty in our society.
“Newsbreeze really appreciate Obi Nwaokocha Okeze Foundation’s dedication and generosity in making it possible for our teeming youths in Igbuzo to gain new skills,he has generously offered a lot of support and guidance to our people, as such, we should all appreciate the President of the Foundation, Pastor Idowu Okeze for his sustain fatherly role in ensuring a better future for the youths. We urged the beneficiaries to judiciously utilize this opportunity toward supporting their family and the society at large.
In his remarks, the Obi Nwaokocha Okeze Foundation National President,Pastor Idowu Okeze,said the Foundation strives to offer all Igbuzo people and Nigeria in general a better quality of life, to improve free healthcare services, provide education opportunities for our people , fund social empowerment and community building activities.
Okeze thanked the PIAGGIO Tricycles Pvt for making it possible for the Foundation to succeed in the assignment and promised that the foundation will not stop to support and empower our people in Igbuzo and it’s environs.
