70 benefit from MoniPulo empowerment scheme in Akwa Ibom
Port Harcourt -- A total of 70 indigenes of Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, host to an indigenous oil firm, Moni Pulo Petroleum Development, have benefited from the 2021 community empowerment programme of the company.
The empowerment programme, which is in the 12th cycle, saw to the distribution of 70 motorcycles to the benefitting members of the host communities.
The Chairman and Chief Executive of Moni Pulo, Dr. Seinye O.B. LuluBriggs, said the company has had a very healthy relationship with the people of Mbo LGA and has left positive footprints since 1999.
Lulu-Briggs said the company believes that provision of an economic-enabling environment, sustainable employment, secured opportunities and human capital development in Mbo LGA, remain the guiding principle for social transformation.
She emphasised that the company has a passion for transtorming communities and catalyzing personal and communal growth in a sustainable manner, which is why corporate social responsibility is her cherished core corporate value.
"MPLs Corporate Social Responsibility package is structured along four core areas: Educational Development, Skill Acquisition and Empowerment, Infrastructural
Development, Sports and Social weltare.
"It is believed that capacity building will ameliorate the Niger Delta region's economic challenges and reduce the incidences of youth restiveness. Thus, MPL takes this gesture further to empower Mbo and Effiat Community youths with high class motorcycles.
"This is the 12th cycle of our
Community Empowerment Programme, and it is designed to empower 70 business Start-Ups from within Mbo Local Government Area in Akwa lbom State."
Lulu-Briggs represented by the Head pf Administration and Community, Alabo Clifford Daerego, said MPL's empowerment programme provides opportunities for entrepreneurs to set up and establish businesses that will help increase the employment rate in Akwa lbom State and in the country.
Also speaking, Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Power and Petroleum Development, Dr. John James Etim, who commended Moni Pulo for being a good corporate citizen, expressed delight at witnessed the empowerment programme.