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DEPUTY SPEAKER, IDRIS WASE TO LEAD MAJORITY LEADER, 40 OTHER FEDERAL LAWMAKERS TO REP. IDEM’S EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME TODAY

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The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Idris Wase will be leading the Majority Leader Alhassan Doguwa and forty other federal lawmakers to the 2021 Constituency briefing and Empowerment of 1,500 beneficiaries by the member representing Ukanafun/Oruk Anam Federal Constituency, Rep. Unyime Idem.

The event scheduled to take place on Monday 20th December by 10am at the Ukanafun/Oruk Anam Empowerment Centre will also witness the commissioning of a 1000 seater Agric Development Centre in Ukanafun as well as the commissioning of a state of the art Skills acquisition centre in Oruk Anam local government area.

According to a release signed by Rep. Idem, Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel and the wife, Dr (Mrs) Martha Emmanuel are expected as special guests of honour while the Deputy Governor, Mr Moses Ekpo MFR will serve as the guest of honour.

Others invited to attend the mega empowerment programme are Members of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly led by the Speaker, the State Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party and the PDP family, Members of the State Executive Council, the Political leaders in the state, traditional institutions, the Clergy, Council Chairmen, Chairmen of Boards and Parastatals, Stakeholders in Ukanafun and Oruk Anam, proposed 1500 beneficiaries of the 2021 Empowerment, Women and Youths, Students, the people of Ukanafun/Oruk Anam Federal Constituency and members of the public.

The annual empowerment programme, the 4th in the series, is a fulfillment of the promise made by the Lawmaker to constantly brief his constituents and empower 5000 youths with life enhancing skills, business support, scholarship, bursary etc. Recall that 1000 constituents were empowered with 26 different life enhancing skills in December 2020.