In continuation of the relief effort of the Social Security Network Program sponsored by Amaopu Senibo Siminalayi Fubara, cash palliatives were donated to owners of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Opobo-Nkoro LGA.
Chairman of the Social Security Network Program Committee, Amaopu Williams Park, while addressing traders at the Opobo Daily Market, encouraged them to be focused and steadfast in spite of the negative effects of the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic on their businesses.
Speaking during the exercise, Hon. (Mrs.) Sotonye Toby Fulton informed the beneficiaries that the Amaopu Senibo Sim Fubara Social Security Network Program will always prioritize the welfare of entrepreneurs and business owners in Opobo Town, given the fact that they are the prime drivers of the community’s economy.
In his address on behalf of the SME owners, Mr. Jaja Napoleon, Chairman of Opobo Traders Union, while commending the program, especially thanked Amaopu Senibo Sim Fubara and the organizers for finding it necessary to remember the small and medium-sized business owners who were particularly hard hit by the devastating effects of the COVID-19 lockdown. According to him, the granting of the cash palliatives to the SMEs was the first of its kind in the LGA.
Also in attendance at the event were dignitaries including Hon. Goddy Pepple (Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, Opobo-Nkoro Chapter), Hon. Paul Arthur Jaja (COS), Humphrey Uranta (State PDP rep), Barr. Naomi Kala Ogolo and Roland Fubara amongst others.
