House of Reps Member, Benjamin Olabinjo, Supports Constituents With Items, Cash, At First Mega Empowerment
A member of the House of Representatives, representing Ifako-Ijaiye area of Lagos State in the lower chamber of the National Assembly, Hon. Benjamin Adeyemi Olabinjo, popularly known as ‘BAO,’ on Saturday December 7, 2024 unveiled his empowerment programme tagged: “1st Mega Empowerment” for the members of his constituency.
During the programme, 300 youths were given N10,000 each, totalling N30,000,000, for their businesses.
Some artisans were also given different equipments including hair driers, grinding machines, generating sets and others.
Secondary schools in the area were also equipped with tables and lockers, while note books were donated to the students, and materials for sporting activities such as table tennis, and football were donated to the schools.
Community Development Areas (CDAs) in the area were given N5 million for development purposes, while the cooperative society in the area was empowered with N100 million to strengthen its capital base.
It was also revealed that some Christians in the constituency would be sponsored to Jerusalem in Israel in 2025 for pilgrimage.
In his remarks, Hon. Benjamin Olabinjo said that he promised his people that whatever he laid his hand upon as a lawmaker would shared among them.
The lawmaker further said that when he got the items, he handed them over to the party leaders in the constituency for distribution among the constituents, adding that only about 20% of the items was given to him to give out directly.
Olabinjo was however, full of gratitude to the leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ifako-Ijaiye for the distribution of the items.
“Just one year and eight months in office, we have embarked on various initiatives such as infrastructure development to improve the living standard of our constituents.
“We have successfully advocated for the rehabilitation of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and facilitated the provision of solar street lights in various communities, he said.
BAO revealed that his effort has led to the commissioning of six blocks of classrooms in one of the schools in the area amongst others.
“On social welfare, we have implemented programmes to alleviate the impact of economic hardship with the provision of financial assistance to community development initiative and distributed essential items to vulnerable groups.
“We have also organised various acquisition programmes including block making, shoe making, food processing and digital sale to empower our constituents.
“Additionally, we have provided financial support for small businesses through bond program and facilitated access to credit.
“Today, we are taking this commitment further by distributing various empowerment items, including generating sets, grinding machines, blower dryers, sewing machines, cash support, school furnitures, education materials, fertilizer and sports equipment for children.
“We have also provided fully equipped ambulance for the use of the constituents,” he said.
Also speaking, the state Chairman of the APC, Hon. Cornelius Ojelabi commended Hon. Olabinjo for fulfilling his electioneering promises.
His words, “We promised that if you vote for our party, we will bring dividends of democracy to you and I am glad that you fulfilled you own promises by casting your votes for the APC and sincerely, I thank you for having trust in us.
“Today, we are here to fulfill another leg of the promise. This is the first in the series of the empowerment programme. I just want to advise the beneficiaries to make the best use of the empowerment equipments.”
Ojelabi then urged the beneficiaries not to sell the equipments, but to ensure that they put them into use in order to eliminate poverty.
He said that they would be attracting curses by selling the items, adding that this would not encourage Hon. Olabinjo and the leaders of the party to do more in the future.