Sen Eteng Williams Empowers 200 Constituents On Agric Entrepreneurship As EachTrainee Gets N120,000 Startup Fund
Ndifereke BASSEY
Distinguished Senator Eteng Jonah Williams, representing Cross River central senatorial district in the National Assembly has again facilitated another empowered over 200 constituents on agric entrepreneurship.
The two-day intensive program which lasted between Thursday, November 14 and ended on Friday, November 15, 2024 and held at Gold Palm Hotel, Ikom local government area of Cross River state, saw participants drawn from the 66 wards of the Senatorial district being trained in various aspects of Agric entrepreneurship.
Declaring the event open, Senator Eteng Jonah Williams represented by the newly appointed secretary of Ikom Local government council, Hon. Edo Owan, enjoined the beneficiaries of the two-day training to utilize the knowledge acquired to improve their economic status, become self-reliant and employers of labour to boost the overall Gross Domestic Product of the nation.
While acknowledging the current hardship Nigerians are facing, Senator Williams disclosed that training of such nature will avail constituents of opportunities to improve their standard of living, pledging that to attract more of these life-changing programs for the benefit of more constituents.
During the training, participants were groomed in areas of piggery farming, local crops farming, irrigation farming, fertilizer application, accessing funds for small businesses, sales and marketing of agricultural products.
Each of the beneficiaries also received a start-up package of One hundred and Twenty Thousand Naira (N120,000) and a certificate of participation at the end of the two days of training including irrigation pumping machines and fertilizers shared in groups.
Responding to the opportunities given through the training, a beneficiary from Ekpashi Ward in Boki local government, Etta Joseph Abun thanked the lawmaker for giving him and other constituents the privilege to participate in the training, saying he has been exposed to greater opportunities through which he can become economically independent to cope with the present challenges in the country.
Another participant, Madam Celestina Brenda Oyama, from Ovonum ward in Obubra local government area thanked the facilitator and the organiser of the training , admitting that the training has helped her with new opportunities to be a successful businesswoman in the area of Agribusinesses.
