Business group moves to fight poverty in Ogun, empowers 500 people
As part of moves to fight poverty and create employment opportunities for the jobless in Ogun State and its environs, a Business Group, Possibility Specialists Foundation (PSL), has trained and empowered 500 people in various vocations, empowering them with required tools.
Businessday SUNDAY gathered that about 500 people, mainly women and youths underwent practical industrial training and empowerment on production of foods, beverages, cosmetics, paints, household products, fertilizers and other business opportunities, courtesy of Possibility Specialists Foundation (PSL).
Speaking about the empowerment at a get-together and graduation of the participants held in Ijebu-ode, Ogun State on Friday, Abraham Egona, the Leadman, Possibility Specialists Foundation (PSL), said that the Foundation is poised to fighting poverty and unemployment through its various empowerment programmes aimed at helping Nigerians to achieve financial freedom.
He said: “PSL is an empowerment organisation with strategic ideologies to make all those who become members to achieve financial freedom. I have no fear in this calling by God, the reasons being that we’re doing things right, PSL is certain, we are giving thanks to God that we are growing, this is journey of over two decades to support the government in empowering people”.
Egona said, asides various empowerment programmes of PSL, members of the Association with a minimum donation of N100,000 and above will also receive 20% of their donations monthly for 15 months among other benefits, as part of their investment commitments to the Foundation.
Also, speaking during the ceremony, the legal adviser to the foundation, Theresa Obi noted that PSL is a charity foundation with transparent agenda.
“This foundation is sent to Nigeria through Father Abraham Egona, being a legal adviser, I made sure that the foundation is well registered with government, this is a very sincere empowerment platform which Nigerians need to know about, free from selfish political and religious interest.
“There are many platforms out there with no purpose but only for their pockets; PSL is all about charity, it caters for the less privileged, it’s just unfortunate that we have selfish leaders in this country who will pretend not to see a man like him making so much glaring differences in lives of thousands of Nigerians, people like him are worthy of national honors but reverse is the case. If we could have 4-5 like Father Abraham of PSL, the story of this nation will change”, she stated.
One of the beneficiaries, Stella Iortim, a Benue statebased retired teacher could not but share her testimony and experience as she said that PSL had changed her life and family beyond imaginations.
Iortim said: “My journey with Possibility Specialists Foundation started in 2019 through my daughter, all our family has now joined PSL, I am a retired civil servant from Benue State, with PSL, I can’t remember when last I asked for my pension, this foundation has wiped away tears on our faces and freed us from financial challenges”.