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TAN TAKES JONATHAN TO GRASSROOTS


By Abuchi Onwumelu, Awka
 The Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN), an acknowledged vocal Nigerian-based international non-governmental organization(NGO) has vowed to take the many good works of President Goodluck Jonathan and his commitment to the welfare of Nigerian citizens to the citizens and the international community for them to assess the president better, ahead 2015.
 The group made up of patriotic Nigerians from all walks of life, gender and class has clearly proved to be more popular than its contemporaries like Neighbor To Neighbour, Goodluck Support Groups and many others, has continued to spread the good news of President Jonathan's ground-breaking achievements to the grassroot in stronger dimension like never before.  Rising from its stakeholders at their TAN city headquarters in Abuja yesterday, the group's spokesman, Dr Udenta Udenta revealed that TAN will kick-start its nation-wide zonal rallies beginning with Awka the Anambra state capital this weekend, August 16,2014. The rallies according to him is aimed at the grassroots as major target.
 Briefing journalists after the meeting, Dr Udenta disclosed that TAN is not only engaged in unsolicited strategic media marketing and political advocacy for President Jonathan, but was open to promote and public office holder who has clearly discharged his/her mandate well through outstanding welfare programmes and services to the people. He said the organization was also conceived as a human transformation platform that develops ideas and execute projects in the areas of poverty reduction, job creation, youth/women empowerment and all-round environmental renewal through waste-to-wealth programme as a complement to, and in furtherance of the transformation of president Jonathan.
That TAN in its determination to drastically reduce poverty at all levels, create jobs and empower the youth is deploying strategic resources and establishing global technical partnership for the take off of its 6 industrial parks/cities to be cited in each of the geopolitical zones of the country for the operationalization of its human transformation programmes. They were to be spearheaded by its member referred to as TANITES whose capacities were already being built at home and abroad. They therefore urged all youth and the young at heart to register at all wards and or through its website, to be among the beneficiaries. The project , according to Udenta is targeting above one million jobs for the youths in the next one year. The people at the grassroots and youth in particular are likely to receive turn around capable to change their lives for the better.
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