No fewer than 50 people have benefited from another empowerment programme, tagged “OKLA Micro Business Support Scheme,” sponsored by the lawmaker representing Kosofe Constituency 1 at the Lagos State House of Assembly.
The entrepreneurship programme was organised at his constituency office, Mende Maryland, Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos State, on Monday, as the pre-credited devices were presented to individuals to start up their small-scale businesses.
The empowerment came a few weeks after he gave scholarships to higher education students, distributed Tricycle to constituents, organized a football competition, an inter-school debate competition, and opened the OKLA Table Tennis academy, where talents were discovered and star prizes running into several millions were awarded.
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It will be remembered that the lawmaker who served as Governor Akinwumi Ambode’s special adviser on food security facilitated several development projects, including the Oworonshoki second access road, Ajibike street, Ogudu, the pedestrian bridge at Anthony Village, and the second pedestrian bridge at Ojota.
He conceptualized the famous lake rice that later gave birth to Imota rice, which provided hundreds of thousands of jobs when completed.
He also facilitated the ongoing construction of a road beside Kosofe Local Government and the first fire service station at Oworonshoki, which began last year, among others.
Okanlawon believes that the small-scale enterprise empowerment initiative will aid in poverty alleviation.He said each beneficiary was selected randomly across Kosofe Constituency 1 and got a device and N25,000 start-up capital.
The lawmaker explained that he had chosen the POS agent banking empowerment after due consultation with his constituents, adding that he was sure that it would have a direct impact on them.
He pleaded with them to use the resources wisely for the intended purpose, assuring them that if they did, he would increase the start-up capital by N25,000 in the next three months.He said apart from the ongoing projects in Kosofe, other physical projects would be executed soon.
One of the beneficiaries from Mende Maryland Ward E, Mr. Onikosi Michael, expressed delight at what he described as an “outstanding and impactful initiative.” Onikosi, a recipient of a POS device with N25,000 startup capital, said it would help him begin a profitable business.
He urged other lawmakers to emulate his gesture to improve the economic standard of the people.
Another beneficiary from Oworonshoki Ward A, Mrs. Christiana Kuboye, who got a POS device with N25,000 startup capital, while expressing her appreciation to the lawmaker, said that there couldn’t have been a better way to alleviate people’s suffering at the grassroots than this empowerment programme.
She continues, “It will go a long way towards helping me.” I am into small-scale business and having this will also ease my business transactions. He has been doing a lot in terms of education. I am testament to it and several other people.”
Watch Video of the POS machines presentation