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The member, representing Lokoja/Kogi Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Buba Jibril on Saturday donated 200 units of laptops to youths from the constituency.
The laptops were donated to the youths selected across the 21 wards in the constituency after their successful completion of a three-day training programme on desktop publishing.
The training programme which was held in Lokoja and Koton Karfe, the headquarters of Kogi Local Government was sponsored by Jibril.
The youths also received 200 free solar panels to guarantee constant power supply to the laptops.
Jibril, the Deputy Majority Leader of the House of Representatives and a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) personally supervised the distribution of the items.
Speaking, the lawmaker said that the training and the distribution of the laptops were part of his constituency projects, saying that the gesture was aimed at preparing the youths for future challenges.
“This idea came as the best way to bringing our youths into modern realistic of basic computer knowledge . This empowerment programme is a unique one,” he said.
He charged the youths to take their minds off cultism and other vices and concentrate more on their studies, promising to grant scholarships up to the university level to serious ones among them.
“Besides, I have ongoing healthcare service delivery for my people, construction of fish market for women and education projects for our children. We promise to do more,” he promised.
The Lawmaker, however, urged parents to monitor and guide their wards in taking proper care of the items, advising them against selling the laptops.
Responding on half of the beneficiaries, Fatima Yabagi, said that she was grateful for being part of the free ICT training and laptops.
“It will help us to have basic computer knowledge that will help us to familiarize ourselves with JAMB and other exams,” Yabagi said.
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