Ememobong
By Ekemini James
The Publicity Secretary of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Barr. Ini Ememobong has said he does not want to see any mud house in his community by 2030.
Barr. Ememobong made the statement yesterday while donating a Town Hall and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre to Use Ndon Community in Ibiono Ibom Local Government as part of his Community development project.
The project, according to him has the objective of ICT awareness, teaching and learning in schools across the community.
According to the PDP spokesman, he embarked on the project to expose the students to digital computer technology and maintained that setting up of the ICT lab and provision of computers is part of his contribution to further enhance the performance of Jamb candidates.
"My vision is that by 2030 there should be no thatched house in my community, we can't achieve that by pulling down all the houses and rebuilding new ones for the owners. But we can achieve it by empowering at least one person in every family to create wealth for themselves and the result will be a wholesome turn over..."
"I will not be here forever, so I'm only using the little opportunity I have where I am today to see how much I can affect lives especially in my community..."
"My children play with computers at home and school so I don't see any reason why the children in my village shouldn't when they are in no way a lesser citizen than our children in the cities..."
"We can't afford to abandon the poor for so many reasons, one of which is for humanity sake and another of which is if eventually by abandonment they have nothing to eat then the rich will naturally become food to the poor, so our best security for our children is to secure a bright future for the children of the poor also..."
"We are giving these young ones the opportunity to be educated and in addition to that, we've given each of them a copy of Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki, Think And Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill and The Holy Bible.
The two motivational books are to open their minds to the reality that there are no more jobs out there waiting for school graduates and drive industry and enterprise in them so that they can create jobs for themselves and even become employers of labour while in school.
The bible on the other hand is to guide them to know that wealth comes from God and to help them use the knowledge the acquire from school and books with a good conscience..."
"We are giving as many children as possible the opportunity to compete as equals with not just our own children alone but those across the world and to make greatness out of life through quality education; though there's no assurance that all of them will turn out good but at least our conscience will be free that we've done the little we can for them..."
"We have before now trained hundreds of youths in different skills and there are already making use of the skills, in fact the paint used in producing the hall we inaugurated today was produced by our youth here in this community, three years from now first class furnitures shall be produced and exported by our youth with a small "made in Use Ndon" inscribed on it..."
The speaker of the State House of Assembly Rt. Hon. (Barr.) Onofiok Luke who was the chairman of the occasion commended the PDP spokesman for his kind gesture and bringing dividends of democracy to his community.
He used the occasion to urge the natives of Ibiono to maintain peace and orderliness in order to attract more democratic deliverable to their community. He called on others to emulate the leadership style of Ememobong by showing love to people.
Also speaking, the Governor's wife who was represented by the coordinator of Family Empowerment and Youth Reorientation Programme (FEYReP), Mrs. Ephraim Inyang commended Comrade Ini Ememobong for his consistent passion for community development. She averred that it would help the students to learn easily and make them feel happy going to school.
Other dignitaries at the event were Akparawa Micheal Bush, PDP legal Adviser Barr. Goddy Umoh, Mr. Harrison Ekpo PDP secretary, Transition Chairmen, Political class and believers of good governance.
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