PIB: South South Youth Group Hail Lawan

A youth group, South-South Regional Diversity in Support of Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, has declared their support for him for what they described as his contributions to effective legislation, law making  and  performance of his oversight functions in the 9th Senate.

Addressing a crowd of youths at Government Secondary School, Federal Housing Estate Calabar Friday, Coordinator for the group in the South-South zone, Comrade  Eba Peter Okoni, said that the group’s decision to support the senate president was based on the  successful passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill after so many years and other giant strides recorded by Senator Lawan in law making and effective legislation which has brought a lot of impact not only to his constituency but the entire nation.

Speaking  on the theme; “taking an excellent work and achievement of the 9th senate to grassroots level across the country,” Eba said that through the president of senate’s managerial efficiency, a lot has been achieved   in Yobe North  constituency which he represents.

He said that with the passage of  PIB, jobs are bound to spring up for youths of  the country as the uncertainty that  hitherto hindered  foreign investors would be removed thus resulting in foreign direct investment in the oil industry.

Eba said with the passage of PIB, which was facilitated by Lawan, states and local governments will begin to have more revenue that would translate into projects that would better the nation.

According to him, creation of jobs in the mainstream value chain would be another area that has made Lawan endear himself to the group, adding that other areas that made the group to support Senator Lawan include the manner he has attracted human and capital projects to the Yobe North Constituency which he represents.

“I saw a lot when I accompanied a friend of mine who is of the the northern extraction to Bade, one of the areas in the constituency that the senate president hails from.

“A lot of impact has been made by the Senate president. Sardauna, as he was being addressed by his people, has indeed distinguished himself as a promising leader embued with sterling qualities backed by skill, experience, intelligence, integrity, honesty, resilience and candor. Indeed he is a leader who walks the talk,” Eba said.

The group who are not from the north hailed  Lawan for initiating and executing about 90 constituency projects within 21 months in office as Senator representing his constituency, calling on others to emulate him.

Apart from the township road construction projects in  Yobe north, Lawan has also initiated and sponsored several capital projects currently ongoing in Yobe north worthy to be mentioned is construction of 72 classrooms and 24 toilet facilities in each of the six LGAs.

Others include construction of a vocational training centre in Gashua,world class skills acquisition centre in Nguru and Gashua, Community ICT centre at Federal University Gashua among  several others.

He also donated relief materials to flood victims in Bade, Karasuwa, Jakusko, Nguru, Machina and Jakusko LGA.

To boost food production and fight hunger in the land Senator Ahmad Lawan distributed 3000 bags of NPK fertilizer to Yobe north farmers across the six LGAs in the senatorial districts.He also sponsored the training thousands of youths to acquire various skills in the maintenance of GSM and acquisition of several entrepreneurial skills for self reliance.

“All these kind gesture made the senate president to endear himself to us irrespective of the geopolitical zone which he hails from, after all we are all Nigerians,” the group coordinator said.