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The Senator representing Oyo South Senatorial District at the Red Chamber of the National Assembly, Rilwan Adesoji Akanbi last week empowered thousands of people in within his district in the nine local government areas that constitute Oyo South Senatorial District.
Over 1000 young graduates who have been trained in different areas of endeavour like fashion designing, electrical installation and repairs, Hair dressing, Hotel and catering management, Leather works ,shoe making and repairs, mobile-phone repairs, Tie & Die, soap and detergents making, insecticides making as well as perfumes, deodorant and air-freshener production were empowerd with tools to kick start their businesses.
The training was conducted by the Rilwan Adesoji Akanbi Foundation(RAAF) in collaboration with the Technical and Vocational centres and National Business and Technical Education Education Board (NABTEB).
The distribution of the empowerment items held inside the main bowl of the Obafemi Awolowo stadium formerly Liberty stadium, Oke Ado, Ibadan.