A former Chief of Staff to the government of Imo State, Chief Uche Nwosu has promised to empower five hundred women and youths within the next one week.
Chief Nwosu made the pledge in Abuja, on Thursday at an event organized by the Ugwumba Leadership Centre for Africa to commemorate his birthday.
The former Chief of Staff said he decided not to celebrate his birthday this year following the hardship being faced by Nigerians, but focus on alleviating poverty among women and youths through investment in agriculture and Small and Medium Scale Enterprises.
He stated: “This is how I intend celebrating my birthday this year: My plan is to alleviate the plight of women and youths. I will empower 500 women and youths across the state.”
While saying that empowering youths in Nigeria will reduce the unemployment crisis, he stressed that Nigerian youths are not lazy but highly gifted and innovative.
“If government can set up a strategic mentoring program for youths, the unemployment and insecurity bedeviling the country today will become a thing of the past,” he noted.
He reiterated his commitment to women empowerment in order to position them for excellence in their various callings, adding that there are gains in improving women in all aspects of the society.
Nwosu also pledged his readiness to ensure that women are encouraged to showcase their ability to perform like their male counterparts.
“Empowering women is an existential issue for Nigeria, and holding them down means holding the society down.”
“There is no way any country can develop without women. The country cannot develop without women. A family cannot succeed without the mother,” he added.
“Women empowerment can be provision of education, mentoring and training to learn a trade, provision of funding to start a trade to enable her to build independence to take charge of her life to the benefit of the community at large.” Chief Nwosu stated.
