Abia State Governor, Okezie Victor Ikpeazu says his administration has designed a lot welfare packages for the benefits of the youths in Abia State.
Among such packages is the setting up businesses for the young people in the State which the Governor promised to assemble another set of 50 young entrepreneurs to speak on their business ideas to enable them access seed money ranging from N250, 000 to N750, 000, from the State government, to establish their own businesses.
Governor Ikpeazu, in an interactive session with Students Representatives from the Abia State University revealed that government would soon create Internet Parks in Aba, Umuahia and Ohafia.
He further revealed that his Government would within the next few weeks, set-up Local Government Road Maintainance Committees made up of youths to deal with potholes on roads in the State.
The Governor and visitor to Abia State University told the students representatives that he is committed to improving infrastructure, academic content , entrepreneurship studies and research in the State University.
The Governor promised to reduce to Ten Thousand Naira per student, the Twenty Five Thousand Naira Special Levy given to them by the University Management, saying that the intervention was to cushion the effect of the fees on parents.
The Governor, who also promised to enhance the welfare of the students assured them that within 60 days, he would liaise with the assessment team of the Vice Chancellor of the school to provide regular water, conveniences and solar light to the institution.
He promised to do everything to ensure the resumption of academic activities in ABSU, charging the school authorities to observe all the covid19 protocols on resumption.
He commended the students for the ambience and peace they have allowed to reign in the school and saluted their doggedness to study and make best of their environment and tasked them on integrity and hard work, saying that studentship has its own challenges which they must brace up for.
Contributing, the SUG President, Comrade John Nwakanma thanked the Governor for inviting them to the meeting.
He highlighted some of their challenges and appealed to him to incorporate the students in his welfare plans while assuring him that they would protect the interest of the State, school and students and give him sustained support.
In a vote of thanks, the Vice Chancellor of ABSU, Prof. Uche Ikonne thanked the Governor for building confidence in the students. He said the Governor has solved their challenges by his interventions and promised that the management would not relent in supporting him.
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