By Our Reporter
Abuja (Precise Post) – The Senator representing Imo West, Senator Rochas Okorocha has pledged his commitment to partner with a youth group, Unite 2030 to achieve Sustainable Development Goals; One,Two and four.
Owelle Okorocha made the pledge in Abuja when he played host to the group led by Comrade Abideen Adams who led other Global change agents under the umbrella of Unite 2030 to his office.
He said it was important young people in the country are encouraged and given direction.
According to Owelle, “When we don’t encourage young men the future looks blank, you are young men, I remember what it used to be like when I was like you, we hate it when we are not giving attention, so I can feel you and we know that you need some direction; you want to be guided, I will do just that”.
“I will give you the partnership you are asking for, we will work on the capacity at your disposal so that we can see how best to work with the SDG projects that you are involved with”. He said.
Speaking earlier, the leader of the group, Comrade Abideen Adams said the group was at the Unity House to seek partnership with the Imo West lawmaker in achieving SDG goals One, two and four in their determination to stem Poverty, Illiteracy and Hunger from Nigeria.
Adams said “We are here to partner with you on Sustainable Development Goal 4 which is quality education, we want to provide education for people not just to city dwellers but also to those who know nothing about education”.
“We want to reach out to people in the hard-to-reach-areas and tell them the importance of education and if possible identify the talented children and recommend them for admission into the Rochas Foundations schools”. Adams said.
“We also know what you have been doing with regards to poverty alleviation in the country, we know you have passion for the poor masses in Nigeria and we want to also partner with you on the Sustainable Development Goal 1 which is meant to kick-out poverty and also Sustainable Development Goal 2 which is targeted at removing hunger”.
“We are here to provide innovative and sustainable solutions, because if you feed somebody today you may need to still feed that person tomorrow, but if you provide them innovative idea something that will give them a means of sustenance to survive tomorrow, take care of themselves and also be able to transfer that idea to the next generation”.
Senator Okorocha at the meeting also assured that his foundation was working hand in hand with another foundation ran by his wife, Mrs Nneoma Okorocha on some projects which include an Almajiri projects that will be launched soon, in Katsina, Kano and Bauchi states.
