IMO GOVT SET TO EMPOWER THOUSANDS OF YOUTHS IN 2016

Governor Rochas Okorocha has said that his Rescue Mission Government in Imo State would pay particular attention to the youths in the state this year (2016) especially in the area of employment and empowerment.

He made this remark at the churching of his grandson, master Jidenna Anthony Anwuka, on Sunday, January 3, 2016 at Saint Joseph Catholic Chaplaincy Imo State University Owerri.

Speaking at the occasion, Governor Okorocha stressed that engaging the youths gainfully would check crimes like kidnapping, fraud, armed robbery and other anti-social behaviours.

According to him, the plan by his administration to provide jobs for the youths in the state is targeted at getting the youths meaningfully engaged in the overall interest of the society. Said he, “it cannot be explained why people who are more than fifty years and above would be in the system working, while their children or those between the ages of twenty and thirty-five would be idle, roaming the street even with the required qualifications. The situation does not call for celebration at all”.

He continued, “go and check, all those being arrested for kidnapping, armed robbery and other heinous crimes are always between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five. You can hardly get a man above forty years getting involved in these serious crimes. So we must act now to secure the future of these young ones”.

Also speaking at the occasion, the Minister of state for Education, Prof. Anthony Anwuka said that both the government at the centre and the one in the state meant well for the citizenry and asked for prayers for both, stating that it was the wish of God that his son would marry the Governor’s daughter, with the marriage being blessed now with a baby boy.

Earlier, the officiating minister, Rev. Father Prof. Jerome Okonkwo urged every Christian to reconcile with God in the spirit of the New Year, adding that the celebrations that go with the entry into the New Year should reflect in our lives as children of God.

He urged the parents of the new baby to bring him up with the fear of God.

Master Jidenna’s parents are Dr Tony Anwuka Jnr. (son of Prof. Anthony Anwuka, Minister of state for Education ) and Mrs. Uju Okorocha (daughter of Governor Rochas Okorocha)