{"id":14116,"date":"2025-05-17T20:28:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T20:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/?p=14116"},"modified":"2025-05-17T20:28:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T20:28:16","slug":"photo-news-faces-at-the-2nd-phase-empowerment-programme-by-the-senate-president-godswill-akpabi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/17\/photo-news-faces-at-the-2nd-phase-empowerment-programme-by-the-senate-president-godswill-akpabi\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo News: Faces at the 2nd Phase Empowerment Programme by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Faces at the 2nd Phase Empowerment Programme by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, for the people of Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14118 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/705009a3-70b8-419b-ab1f-5868c6fcc43c-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/705009a3-70b8-419b-ab1f-5868c6fcc43c-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/705009a3-70b8-419b-ab1f-5868c6fcc43c-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/705009a3-70b8-419b-ab1f-5868c6fcc43c-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/705009a3-70b8-419b-ab1f-5868c6fcc43c-640x427.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/705009a3-70b8-419b-ab1f-5868c6fcc43c.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Senate President was accompanied to his home state by some of his colleagues.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14119 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/694e679e-e0ff-45ea-930e-1296dae6c412-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/694e679e-e0ff-45ea-930e-1296dae6c412-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/694e679e-e0ff-45ea-930e-1296dae6c412-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/694e679e-e0ff-45ea-930e-1296dae6c412-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/694e679e-e0ff-45ea-930e-1296dae6c412-640x427.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/694e679e-e0ff-45ea-930e-1296dae6c412.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During the programme, schools were commissioned, and over 3,000 residents benefited from various empowerment items, including:<\/p>\n<p>\u202230 minibuses<\/p>\n<p>\u202267 passenger tricycles<\/p>\n<p>\u202250 cassava processing machines<\/p>\n<p>\u2022347 deep freezers<\/p>\n<p>\u2022247 generating sets<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Truckloads of 50kg bags of rice<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Cash grants<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14120 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/60f32528-f003-407b-81ce-6e76ef126f41-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/60f32528-f003-407b-81ce-6e76ef126f41-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/60f32528-f003-407b-81ce-6e76ef126f41-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/60f32528-f003-407b-81ce-6e76ef126f41-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/60f32528-f003-407b-81ce-6e76ef126f41-640x427.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/60f32528-f003-407b-81ce-6e76ef126f41.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14121 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/49ed993a-aa5b-4afc-9908-8262acfbf686-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/49ed993a-aa5b-4afc-9908-8262acfbf686-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/49ed993a-aa5b-4afc-9908-8262acfbf686-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/49ed993a-aa5b-4afc-9908-8262acfbf686-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/49ed993a-aa5b-4afc-9908-8262acfbf686-640x427.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/49ed993a-aa5b-4afc-9908-8262acfbf686.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14122 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1ac8bd41-9932-433b-bf0f-c7a871dcbd1f-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1ac8bd41-9932-433b-bf0f-c7a871dcbd1f-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1ac8bd41-9932-433b-bf0f-c7a871dcbd1f-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1ac8bd41-9932-433b-bf0f-c7a871dcbd1f-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1ac8bd41-9932-433b-bf0f-c7a871dcbd1f-640x360.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1ac8bd41-9932-433b-bf0f-c7a871dcbd1f.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14123 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/286d8e77-5a07-41d7-8923-2c60aef652c9-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/286d8e77-5a07-41d7-8923-2c60aef652c9-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/286d8e77-5a07-41d7-8923-2c60aef652c9-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/286d8e77-5a07-41d7-8923-2c60aef652c9-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/286d8e77-5a07-41d7-8923-2c60aef652c9-640x360.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/286d8e77-5a07-41d7-8923-2c60aef652c9.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14124 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/78bc5525-4df4-451e-bc40-4ef8a85c99fb-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/78bc5525-4df4-451e-bc40-4ef8a85c99fb-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/78bc5525-4df4-451e-bc40-4ef8a85c99fb-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/78bc5525-4df4-451e-bc40-4ef8a85c99fb-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/78bc5525-4df4-451e-bc40-4ef8a85c99fb-640x360.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/78bc5525-4df4-451e-bc40-4ef8a85c99fb.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14125 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/a426fe5d-cf55-48b0-9020-7db6f798432c-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" 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