..... Describes it as an insult to Ndi Imo and mockery of the plights of Imo Youths.
By Rt. Hon. Michael Anyanwu, Owerri.
The Young Progressives Party (YPP) standard-bearer in the forthcoming November 11 Governorship election in Imo State, High Chief Dr. Kemdi Chino Opara has described the promise by the Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma to send 4000 Imo Youths to Europe and Canada for jobs as a glaring deceit that insults the sensibilities of Ndi Imo and amounts to making mockery of the massive unemployment plight of the youths of the State.
Frowning at the sham and gimmick geared towards cajoling Imo people, especially the youths to support his widely rejected second term bid, the front-runner Gubernatorial Candidate and Chief Executive Officer of his own business enterprise with many employees on his payroll, maintained that such dissimulation by the Governor of the State is a confirmation and testament that his administration has failed the youths and the generality of Imo people.
On his plans for Imo youths if bestowed with the mandate to be Governor of the State, Dr. K.C. Opara reiterated his vision and resolve to develop the industrial capacity of the State and make it an investment-friendly hub and business destination which will attract indigenous and foreign investors into the State that will partner with his administration and the private sector to develop the various sectors of the State’s Economy thereby creating the much-needed employment opportunities for the teeming youths of Imo State. Continuing, the Industrial Engineer and Business Administration expert assured to promote small and medium enterprises because of the major role they will play in spurring the economic development of the State, he vowed to empower Imo Youths to become self-employed and employers of labour, while reassuring his determination to eliminate the barriers, including inaccessibility to finances or credits, that hinder youths from venturing into private business enterprises.
As part of his intervention plans for the Youths of the State, the renowned philanthropist and Co-Director of Opara Industries Limited promised to engage them in Human Capital Development through robust investments in education, health and infrastructure with sustainable emphasis on wealth creation and distribution for sustainable development.
He maintained that if elected, he would build well-equipped Skill Acquisition Centres across all the 27 LGAs in Imo State where the youths will be trained to acquire skills in tailoring and fashion designing, leather works including shoes and bags making, carpentry, welding, electrical works, mechanical works, etc, adding that his administration will ensure their access to finances and no government establishment shall procure from any other company or award contracts of supply to any company for services that can be provided by the skill acquisition centres in the State. This according to him will promote creation of local content in the State and country at large and help the youths become self-employed to earn sustainable living.
Dr Opara assured that the administration the YPP intends to bring onboard will not leave Imo youths behind in allowing them take optimal advantage of the technology and new media age to become employable and self-reliant. To this end, he will build worldclass Information Communication Technology (ICT) Centres across the 27 LGAs in Imo State which will be well-equipped with computers and Internet services in order to bequeath adequate ICT skills to the youths and prepare them for employment opportunities in the sector.
He further assured Imo youths that more jobs will be created for those of them in the medical and healthcare services considering the plan of his administration to rehabilitate, build and equip all primary health centres and government hospitals in the 27 LGAs across the State as well as establishing a Mother and Child Care Hospital in every Local Government Area of the State with the aim of eliminating preventable maternal and newborn deaths by making women and newborn have access to quality care at every stage before during and after pregnancy at a very affordable rate.
Bemoaning how so many indigenous entertainers and talents in the State composed majorly of youths have remained largely untapped, the Founder of Kemdi Chino Opara Foundation and Chairman of GistAfrica Empowerment Foundation restated his avowed commitment to collaborate with private entrepreneurs to build and provide adequate funding for a mega entertainment city hub in Imo State that will house different genres of entertainers and the best of Imo talents, thereby making them gainfully employed. This according to him will attract major investors and massive revenue to the economy of the State.
Concluding, the YPP governorship candidate who promised that if elected, the youths will form the bedrock of his administration's developmental agenda through harnessing their human capital capacities towards productivity and global competitiveness, assured that 75 percent of his cabinet will be made up of youths and he will give full effect to the law granting full administrative and financial autonomy to Local Government Councils in Nigeria to encourage grassroots engagement, especially of the youths.
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