PHOTOS: Peter Obi Gifts Graduate, Gimba Emmanuel N75k To Buy Oven

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has revealed that he had fulfilled his pledge to assist a graduate, Gimba Sophia Emmanuel acquire an oven to start her baking and confectionery business.

He made this known on his verified Instagram page.

Obi 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.”

Obi had shared Emmanuel’s story during his press conference on Thursday.

On Thursday, during his world press conference, the former Anambra State Governor who was teary-eyed had lamented the sufferings of young Nigerians in the country. He had narrated his encounter with Emmanuel who works as a tea maker.

“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.