Abia State Government has warned the beneficiaries of its Youth Empowerment Programme against defacing the branded vehicles given to them.
The Government also warned them against converting the vehicles to private use, saying that they must be used as commercial vehicles.
The warning, according to the Government became necessary following reports that some beneficiaries have defaced the branded vehicles and have also turned them to private vehicles.
Frowning at this, the Government through the Chief of Staff to the governor, Mr. Cosmos Ndukwe, said that none of the vehicles should be used as private’s, but strictly as commercial’s to enable the beneficiaries earn good living.
Rather than convert the vehicles to private use, Ndukwe said, the Government expect the beneficiaries to engage the services of other youth who have not benefited to assist them get something doing.
Consequently, the Government has set up a monitoring task force that would ensure that the beneficiaries of the vehicles are using them for commercial purposes.
Last month, Abia State Government under its Youth Empowerment Programme gave out about 200 branded vehicles, made up buses and cars to some youth to be used for commercial purposes as a way of engaging them.
Meanwhile, the Government has announced that the next batch of vehicles and other equipment for the empowerment programme would be distributed in two weeks time.
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