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Enugu: PDP chairmanship candidate for Nkanu West assures youths on job

 By Stanley Nwanosike

 Chief Henry Okenwa, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairmanship candidate for Nkanu West in the Nov. 4 Local Government Area elections in Enugu has assured the youths of massive job creation.

Okenwa told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Enugu that on coming on board, he would create adequate job opportunities for the youths through establishment of skills acquisition centres in each community within the council area.

Besides, he promised to also provide soft interest-free loans to apprentices of various trades to start of their businesses after being trained.

Other avenues to do this he said, included linking such unemployed youths in the area to states and federal government employment platforms and schemes to reduce idleness in the council area.

“I will ensure holistic transformation in the council area by improving on the social infrastructure and public utility as well.

“However, we will be concentrating on job creation for the youths in order to give them a sense of belonging as well as check all forms of restiveness and idleness in the council area,’’ he noted.

Other areas of attraction he said would be to strengthen the free maternal and child health care of the state government through routine immunization.

“Periodically, I will carry out de-worming of school children in the council area to keep them healthy and ensure their growth is not retarded,’’ he said.

NAN reports that Okenwa made these promises in the two weeks of his campaign tour to communities in the council areas.

NAN recalls that the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) had fixed Nov. 4 for election to hold in all the 17 Local Government areas and 261 political wards of the state.

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