November 18,2018.
The early birds who defied the downpour that Monday morning met the empowerment items neatly arranged under the canopies .
The motorcycles bore the names of all the beneficiaries.
They were all meant to economically empower her loyalists. It would be safe to conclude that the beneficiaries are all members of the people's Democratic party (PDP), the new political party of the host,Chief Mrs Angela Ogeyi Odey.
Inside the Canopy was a beehive of activities. While the organisers confer with beneficiaries at one end of the high table, the special guests, seated at the high table engaged in some tete-a-tete of interest to them.
On the floor of the hall, party loyalists dressed in different uniformed attires mingle, while a ten-man local, itinerant band dished out popular tunes at the slightest opportunity that presented itself.
The host was ubiquitous, moving from one end of the high table to the other and down the podium where some party executives at the local government level sat awaiting the commencement proper.
“As a way of identifying with you, my people and to show my profound gratitude to God, I have today returned to you my teeming supporters, many of whom toiled night and day for my political career.
As the even progressed different groups and members drawn from the communities within yala Local government displayed different theatrics in a bid to outdo one another in a clear show of appreciation. One of them came decked in a uniformed attire complete with cap on which was inscribed The Preferred One Is Here. Intermittently, they belted different tunes from the traditional drums that were delicately balanced on their shoulders waxed praise poetry directed at their host. Their performance drove the people to frenzy as chants of love rented the air.
“The people love her; they seek every opportunity to show her love and appreciation for what she has been doing for them. This is beyond the usual theatrics and pretensions that you often get in politics; Chief Mrs.Angela Ogeyi Odey is on ground and in touch with the grassroots and the people adore her for that,” her Special Assistant on political Matters told news men .
Yala Stakeholders commended the grass root politician for staying in touch with her people and described the empowerment initiative as a demonstration of love for the people of Yala .
One of the Party Chieftain in Yala ,said,"I commend our host, Chief Mrs.Angela Ogeyi Odey for this laudable initiative. It takes someone who is caring and has the love of the people to come up with such a commendable empowerment initiative. The Governor would have personally grace this occasion but he had to attend another very important state function, but to underscore the importance that he attached to this event, he has asked us all, to stand in for him.
“Permit me to use this opportunity to call on representatives of the people to emulate Chief Mrs.Angela. Let us not forget our people and where we come from because we will always go back there and to them.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, Chief Mrs.Angela Ogeyi Odey explained that, “distributing empowerment items is one of the ways through which she extend the dividends of democracy to members of her community,we owe it to our people. It is part of our call.
As we get any opportunity to do more, we will continue to do it. If we get it every month, we’ll do it every month. The idea is that as we progress, everybody will be progressing together with us. So, the prayer is that everything we do, we must always make sure that we remember where we are coming from and remember the people that have supported us and make sure that we are all happy at the same time. By God’s grace, we’ll continue to expand what we are doing and make sure that everybody in Yala that is my immediate Local government at least has no reason to have poverty, has no reason not to have something economically empowering to do.
That’s one of the reasons why PDP is a party to support, why we are there for them and we will continue by God’s grace to do more,” the grass root politician told News men in an interview.
According to Benjamin Disreali, politician, writer and two-time British Prime Minister, “The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own.” If indeed this is true, the event was a very successful one as the beneficiaries had been shown how to be economically engaged, which is the first step to being shown their individual riches.
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