15 Oct 2017

The chairperson of Makomoto lands,  Mr Godfrey Obakeng has appreciated some poverty eradication projects rolled out in their area.

In an interview, Mr Obakeng said athough Makomoto lands had not  been  upgraded into a village, residents had not been excluded  from benefiting from such empowerment initiatives.

He shared that different packages such as small stock production, bakery and several others  gave them a sense of hope.

Mr Obakeng also noted that the projects had significant impact in efforts to add variety to socio-economic activities within the area, saying  beneficiaries who showed commitment in their projects had something positive to look up to.

Additionally, Mr Obakeng said some residents were engaged at Ipelegeng so as to eke a living and others were  given monthly food baskets and other social necessities.

“Though our area is not yet upgraded into a village status, we are happy that we are not left out to benefit from initiatives that intend to empower citizens. A lot are positively making use of the projects and their livelihoods are gradually improving,” he said.

Mr Obakeng further said that the monthly visitation of the mobile clinic for routine babies’ weight checkups and other minor health related matters also gave them hope about developments.

“From way back, we had difficulties to access some of these services, but since they have been introduced here, this gives us hope that a long lasting solution in relation to our desired developments will be put in place,” he said.

Mr Obakeng further said while waiting for some of the governmental developments, resident were also working effortlessly to execute some through volunteerism, saying they were working on building a bus-stop shelter and others.

Meanwhile, he noted that Makomoto was home to more than 300 people, saying some came to settle in the area for cattle rearing purposes.

He said others came for self-initiated businesses such as collection and selling of fire wood along the main road.

Mr Obakeng noted that while there were no learning facilities in the area, some school going children commuted everyday to Tonota for learning and others were placed in different boarding schools.

Mr Obakeng said crime related activities in the area were minimal, saying that it was largely due to some residents who had volunteered to work closely with police officers at Tonota.

He said the volunteers often engaged in patrols and kept their eyes on the ground so as to alert the police about anything suspicious. ENDS