Labour Party Presidential candidate Peter Obi has fulfilled his promise to an unemployed Nasarawa graduate, Gimba Sophia Emmanuel.
Obi gifted the Nasarawa state Graduate an oven to pursue her dream to start a baking and confectionery business.
Obi who was in tears when he spoke about the girl during his press conference on Thursday said:
“She has no job, she graduated since 2018. She told me she is learning how to bake. Then I asked her why she is not baking instead of coming here to do this, she said she doesn’t have N75,000 to buy an oven. That is the life you get in Nigeria; people who don’t have N75,000 to buy an oven,” he had said.
Obi, on his Twitter accounted on Saturday said :
“Today, I fulfilled my pledge to assist Ms Gimba Sophia Emmanuel in her aspiration to acquire an oven and start her baking and confectionery business. Interestingly, she had indicated that she would procure a Nigerian made oven, thus enhancing the value chain and putting into effect the production to consumption mantra.
In the Twitter post, Obi posed with the girl as he presented her with a cheque.
