Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  chieftain and one-time governorship aspirant,   Chief Sunny Onuesoke, has appealed to politicians   to   support  Governor Ifeanyi   Okowa’s   SMART agenda  so as to create entrepreneurs and industrialists instead of followers.

Onuesoke, who gave the advice   as key speaker during the flag-off of   NPDC OML 30 skill acquisition training   programme organized by NPDC for oil producing communities in Delta State, said politicians   should think of supporting the   SMART agenda  by  establishing small scale industries for   youths   instead of  giving empowerment tools like  cash, vehicles and  salaries  they did not work for.

“When   you   open a store of one  full trailer load of cement for a youth, that youth has been empowered for life. He or she will not come to you again begging for alms. Instead, such a youth will become an employer of labour,   thereby contributing to the development of the community,” Onuesoke stated.

Onuesoke equally spoke  on the need  to develop  artisans such as  mechanics, carpenters and tailors to  embrace the modern trend so that they can be useful to themselves and the society in the  course of plying their trade.