Abia Govt. Gives Out 202 Cars To Youths

Abia State Government has given out 202
different brands of vehicles to Abia
youths for the fourth phase of its Youth
Empowerment Programme.
This brings to 700, the total number of
vehicles so far given out by the
government to the youths since the
inception of the programme about a year
ago.
Speaking while handing over the vehicles
to beneficiaries at the Michael Okpara
Auditorium, Umuahia, the Commissioner
for Local Government and Chieftaincy
Affairs, Chief Emma Nwabuko explained
that the programme was designed to
better the lots of youths in the state.
Nwabuko also explained that the vehicles
which were branded and registered by
the government were always given free
of charge.
According to him, the gesture was not
only to make Abia youths gainfully
employed but to be useful to themselves
and the society.
In his remarks, the Special Adviser to
the Governor on Youth Affairs and
Development, Prince Maduka Uwadi
asked the beneficiaries not to use the
vehicles for commercial purposes, resell
or deface them, warning that any
person caught going against the
guidelines would have his vehicle
withdrawn.
Uwadi announced that the fifth batch
of the exercise would hold before the
end of December.
Meanwhile, two prominent Abia
indigenes have donated 20 vehicles to
the scheme. in support of Abia State
Government’s-owned Ochendo Youths
Empowerment Programme headed Mr
Chinedu Orji.
The vehicles were donated by Friday
Nwosu, who gave five Sienna vehicles and
Chief Uche Ogah of Masters Energy, who
gave 15 Passat cars. [Vanguard]