Oyo Economy Receives Boost as Skimeh Gives N137.5m Grants to Business Owners, 1000 Fertilisers, Sprayers to Farmers
Three-term lawmaker representing AFIJIO/Atiba/Oyo East,/Oyo West federal constituency, Akeem Adeyemi, has assisted thousands of his constituents with cash and farming tools.
At an elaborate event, the second in two weeks, which took place at Oba Adeyemi III Arcade on Tuesday, 1,250 constituents got N50,000 each to support their petty businesses while 1,000 fertilizers were distributed to farmers. They also got 500 sprayers too.
A month ago, at the same venue, the lawmaker assisted 1,500 constituents with the same amount of money, bringing the total to 2,750 beneficiaries.
The youthful parliamentarian said he would apart from doing his legislative business, he would continue to facilitate masses-friendly projects.
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At the event, Skimeh as the Oyo Prince is popularly called, revealed that 2,000 poles of streetlights are being installed as well as 20 boreholes.
The All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain who spoke to the admiration of beneficiaries and party faithful said he won’t stop at anything to put smiles on the faces of his constituents.
“Over the years, you have shown me support and the best way to reward you is to continuously bring smiles to your faces. You know I have facilitated projects that included roads, schools, ICT centres and others. More are still coming.
“Rest assured that I won’t disappoint you. I will always listen to your yearnings and aspirations. Together with others, we will take Oyo federal constituency to enviable heights,” the Oyo Prince added.
Beneficiaries included trader unions, religious bodies, artisan groups and others.
At the event were traditional, political and religious leaders.
[…] Oyo Economy Gets Boost as Skimeh Gives N137.5m Grants to Business Owners, 1000 Fertilisers, Sprayers…Abas, a certified pharmacist turn politician who just took over as the APC acting Chairman to fill the vacuum created by the death of the late chairman, Isaac Omodewu, said: “It is a great move to giving palliatives to the people at this tough time, following the current hardship which is temporary because I believe the government of the day plans to prepare the incoming generations not to face the difficulties we are facing today.”Hon. (Prince) Akeem Adeniyi Adeyemi while addressing the pressmen at the event said the celebration of Late Alaafin, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, 86th posthumous birthday is an avenue to let people of Oyo Federal Constituency know..He said that the measures put in place to make sure the 600 bags of fertilizers get to the farmers that will use it to achieve its main purpose of food security saidHis words: “why and how we are representing them as we provide water for communities that lack water, we provide classrooms for the school that lack good classroom and also give 600 bags of fertilizer to the OFC farmers.“We have eradicated middlemen in distributing this fertilizer by setting up a committee that’s comprised of a representative from the communities, farmers, and NGO that will make sure the fertilizers get to the real farmers that will use it for food productions. It goes directly to the farmers that will make use of it, no one is allowed to stand in for anyone.” […]