4,000 fight for 2,400 empowerment places in Ebonyi

Dave Umahi

 

About 4000 persons in Ebonyi State have applied for empowerment in the ongoing exercise of selecting 2,400 youths and women across the state for empowerment programme of the state government.
The state Commissioner for Economic Empowerment and job creation, Chief Sabinus Nwankwegu, disclosed this to reporters in Abakaliki Sunday.
He noted that the government decided to group the exercise which is cost free into zones to avoid stampede and assured that the selection would be done with a high level of transparency.
He debunked allegations that the names of people to be empowered had already been compiled despite asking the general public to apply and urged the public to disregard the rumour, describing it as baseless and untrue.
Nwankwegu disclosed that Governor Umahi had strictly ordered him to give all applicants equal playing field.