{"id":30782,"date":"2014-08-31T17:49:18","date_gmt":"2014-08-31T16:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=30782"},"modified":"2014-08-31T17:50:03","modified_gmt":"2014-08-31T16:50:03","slug":"akinlaja-mega-empowerment-raises-bar-lawmakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/akinlaja-mega-empowerment-raises-bar-lawmakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Akinlaja in Mega Empowerment, Raises Bar for Other Lawmakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409502622797_4107\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409502622797_4106\">By Emmanuel Ajibulu<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409502622797_4109\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409502622797_4108\">Again, the constituents of Ondo East\/West Federal Constituency in Ondo State have widely benefited from a mega empowerment programme sponsored by Hon. Joseph Iranola Akinlaja. In his usual practice, Akinlaja ensured that the far reaching initiative indiscriminately touched every part of the communities within his constituency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409502622797_4111\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409502622797_4110\">Among the projects are, construction of motorized borehole, provision of hand pump borehole, distribution of wheel chairs to Mother and Child hospital in Ondo, study, design and development of both feasibility and environmental impact assessment for an earth dam in Laje Ward 2 of Ondo West LGA, supply of 300KVA and 500KVA high-tech transformers to many rural communities, rural electrification, installation of functional solar street lights, disbursement of financial aids to artisans and farmers, scholarships to brilliant but indigent students, among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\">Hon Akinlaja said the gesture is a timely and intermittent intervention aimed at reducing the socioeconomic burden on the shoulders of the people, particularly the downtrodden, adding: \u201cBefore now, we have done a general empowerment programme throughout the length and breadth of my constituency. We have initiated an empowerment programme since our inception into office, where men, women, senior citizens, students, youths and various associations received business tools and equipment, plus other far reaching initiative that can make life more abundant and meaningful.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\">He added: \u2018\u2018I usually interact with our people; we harmonize ideas and look out for the projects that can best suit their interest before implementation of such projects commence. The records are straight, for example in Ondo West, communities like, Ayeyemi, Lekere, Oka, Sabo, Okerowo, Okebola, Surulere, Oluwabamigbe, Saka Famuditimi, Adebanjo Camp, Agbogbo Oke, Odo Ayo, Ajilo\/PasoCrae, Lotogbe, Odowo, Ogho, Laje, Fambegbe, Aratuloju, all benefited from our projects and empowerment schemes. Similarly, in Ondo East, residents of Igba, Katojo, Bolorunduro, Oniluri, Oluwaranmilowo village, Olomitoto, Urege, Elemosho, Alapa, Obadore, Awoduyilemi, Katojo, Tekunle, Owena, Sasere, Lipepeye, Lafiaji, Iluyomade Labosipo, Sokoto Ward, Oboto, Fagbo, and so on, have a feel and touch of our human friendly impacts\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409502622797_4119\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409502622797_4118\">Besides, the federal lawmaker has renovated six blocks of classrooms and headmaster\u2019s office in Igunshi community; he financed free summer lessons for St. Ambrose grammar school Akinjagunla, Ondo and paid for WAEC\/NECO fees for the best three students. He organized free summer lessons for students of Ondo Boys High School and paid for WAEC\/NECO fees for the best three students.\u00a0\u00a0Construction of 3 blocks of classrooms at Oniluri was also credited to him, plus free summer lessons for students in Ekinmogun grammar school Bolorunduro, with payments of WAEC\/NECO fees for three best students. Over 20,000 free exercise books were equally distributed to school children and he as well donated thousands of free WAEC and JAMB past questions for students preparing for JAMB and ordinary level exams. Akinlaja has also completed the abandoned health centre at Haluroho,<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409502622797_4117\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409502622797_4116\">In his personal contributions on health matters, apart from the wheel chairs he bought for the hospital, Akinlaja also paid for eye surgery for over 40 patients who suffered cataract in Ondo East and West LGAs. Apart from that, 20 sewing machines as well as 20 block molding machines were given out to the youths for economic empowerment. He also donated computer, printer and other IT gadgets to Yaba Police Station, and made provision for gari processing plant for farmers in Ward 4 of Ondo East LGA and many more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Emmanuel Ajibulu Again, the constituents of Ondo East\/West Federal Constituency in Ondo State have widely benefited from a mega empowerment programme sponsored by Hon. Joseph Iranola Akinlaja. 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