Hon. Demian Igbokwe has commended the Minority Whip of the 10th Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Sen. Osita Ngwu for his efforts in attracting quality international capacity-building programs for members of his Senatorial District.
In his closing remarks Hon. Demian Igbokwe, the Special Adviser to the Senate Minority Whip, who led the Nigerian delegation to China for a seminar/training on Inclusive Growth and Poverty Reduction for Developing Countries by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce on behalf of his principal Sen. Osita Ngwu, thanked the Chinese government for their efforts across the globe in supporting the growth of developing nations, and expressed gratitude to God for the success of the program. he stated that programs of this nature make room for Increased collaboration and productivity, innovation and creativity, improved strategic planning and decision-making ability, enhanced adaptation power and resilience, and also Fulfilled stakeholder expectations.
Hon. Igbokwe stated that facilitating the foreign training is one of Senator Ngwu’s efforts towards ensuring human capacity building for greater height for Enugu West Senatorial District and Nigeria at large.
The program which was funded by the World Bank, UNDP, and the Chinese government through the Chinese Ministry of Commerce started on the 13th and ended on the 27th of June 2024, is centered on building capacity for participating developing countries on the policies and steps taken by China to overcome poverty and develop into what the country has grown to become.
During the program, participants were taken for fieldwork across some provinces where the Chinese government has made tremendous efforts to alleviate the poverty of citizens.
At the end of the program, participants were equipped with improved capacity to begin a better navigation of their activities for poverty alleviation.
Senator Ngwu, who represents Enugu West Senatorial District took time to harness competent and qualified academics and resource persons including PhD holders and professors to attend the seminar, it is expected that the knowledge acquired from the seminar if implemented would help the federal government to alleviate poverty, and fast-track expected results in other related economic enhancement programs.
He also plans to activate a Train the Trainers scheme, whereby the knowledge acquired by the trainees would be transferred to many persons in Enugu West Senatorial District and Nigeria at large.
