Minister Empowers Youths, Women With Cars, Motorcycles In Benue

Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation Prof. Joseph Utsev, has empowered hundreds of Benue women, youths and the physically challenged  with cars, motorcycles and respective different items.

Presenting the items to the beneficiaries connected Saturday successful Makurdi, Utsev appreciated them for their resilience and continued enactment for President Bola Tinubu, Sen. George Akume and the APC.

He said the purpose of the empowerment was to boost irrigation farming successful Benue, to execute nutrient information successful enactment with the renewed anticipation docket of the president.

The minister  said it was besides to promote them to prosecute successful commercialized agriculture, boost their transport concern and trim younker restiveness.

He  listed items for the organisation to include, 5  Toyota Corolla cars, 120 motorcycles, 120 sewing machines, 120 grinding machines 150 irrigation pumps, connection gadgets and others.

On h2o proviso crossed the country, Utsev said his ministry has constructed dams successful each of the six geo governmental zones successful the state to boost irrigation farming and h2o supply.

He said immoderate of the dams would besides code the yearly flooding challenges experienced by immoderate states crossed the federation.

Utsev hiministry had completed 138 mini h2o schemes successful the authorities to boost h2o proviso successful the agrarian areas.

“We are constructing dams to boost irrigation farming and cheque stream flooding astatine the banks of River Katsina-Ala and the banks of River Benue.

“Construction of h2o schemes crossed the state is ongoing and successful each the 23 Local Government Areas successful Benue  successful bid to extremity h2o scarcity successful agrarian communities communities,” helium said.

He said President Tinubu profoundly admit the Benue radical for voting for him massively successful 2023 and urged them to redouble the enactment successful 2027.

The curate appealed to those who are yet to get their voters paper to registry and get 1 to beryllium eligible to ballot successful 2027.

Utsev thanked the  Akume for  recommending him arsenic commissioner successful Benue, manager Lower Benue River Basin Development Authority,  as curate of the national Republic of Nigeria among others.

Speaking connected behalf of the  women beneficiaries, Mrs Awuese Torheer, APC State Woman Leader commended the curate for remembering women successful the state.

Torheer said the curate has done acold much than those the women voted into assorted offices successful the authorities successful 2023 and prayed God to proceed to bless the works of his hands.

Speaking connected behalf of different beneficiaries, Mr Mkav Pepe, Buruku LG APC president profoundly appreciated the Minister for the gifts and pledged to proceed moving for the triumph of APC successful the coming elections. (NAN)