Capacity Department: Legends of Textile Mill Road Association Worldwide, Trains Youths On Free Solar Installation In Edo





By Elvis Omoregie 


A Group under the aegis of Legends of Textile Mill Road Worldwide, in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State, yesterday trained youths in the state on free Solar System Installation.

The training exercise, which was titled "Free Solar Installation Training Workshop", took place in the Textile Mill Road area in Benin City, the Edo State capital.

The workshop is aimed at alleviating the economic crisis the country is currently going through after the removal of the fuel subsidy.

The group, an association registered with government agency, is made up of childhood friends and families that spent thier formative years as kids around Edo Textile Mill Road of which most of them are now adults, doing well in  various field of endeavour even in the diaspora.

Speaking on the essence and brain behind the training, president of the Association who was also the trainer, Mr Maxwell Amen Iyamu, said that the organization was born out of a passion to give back to the society, adding that most of them grew up in the area. 

"My name is Maxwell Amen Iyamu. It happened to me, being the president of this organization as you can see, Legends of Textile Mill Road Association Worldwide, I actually grew up in this environment. I was born in this environment.

"So it happened for us to have our other childhood friends around, some are in diaspora while some are in other parts of the country. They see it that there's need to give back to the society expecially were we came from.

"I actually grew up along this street.  Each time I come around, I would have been thinking what we can do to see how we can help the youths and women of this environment.

"Last December, we put something together and we went to orphanage homes around this place were we gave them what we were able to put together for them. So, we also said this time around, let us see how we can engaged our youths.

"We are having the mind that after this training the serious once among them will be giving  start pack and many other things, this is a secret I'm letting out here today despite the fact that the economy is somehow at this moment, we prefer to still give people skills than put food on their tables". 

Some of the participants at the training commended the organizer's of the workshop for giving them such opportunity at this time to learn for free and urged them to see how they can empower some of the beneficiaries to start up something.

Other members of the group are, Charles Usiosefe - Secretary General Omolegho Ojiekere
Peace Kubeyinje 
Henry Mukoro
Marvis Edegan
Francis Iyoha
Osahon Asoro
Osaretin
Festus Egbon
and host of others.

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