The founder of the Class Media Group and philanthropist, Alhaji Seidu Agongo, has urged beneficiaries of a sewing machine donation initiative to use the equipment to acquire practical skills, establish businesses and overcome poverty, cautioning them against selling the machines for immediate financial gains.

He said the intervention is intended to create sustainable economic opportunities for beneficiaries rather than provide temporary relief, stressing the machines could become valuable assets capable of transforming their livelihoods.

Addressing the beneficiaries, Alhaji Agongo said the true measure of success was not the accumulation of material possessions but the ability to use available resources to improve the lives of others, particularly the poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged in society.

"Within 100 years, we will all be gone. Whether you have houses, cars or whatever possessions, they will all be gone. What matters most is how you use what you have today to make an impact on the ordinary person, the poor, the destitute and the have-nots," he stated.

He disclosed that the sewing machine donation initiative is an intervention he has carefully considered and worked towards for five years, explaining its primary objective is to equip beneficiaries with practical vocational skills to gain sustainable income.

Alhaji Agongo challenged the recipients to think beyond the immediate benefit of receiving a sewing machine.

He urged them to work towards establishing successful tailoring businesses that could expand into garment production enterprises.

"Your obligation is not simply to receive these gifts. Your responsibility is how you can turn this sewing machine into a factory, how you can use it to take care of your family, pay your children's school fees and improve your living conditions," he said.

He further encouraged the beneficiaries to embrace tailoring and fashion design as respectable and commercially viable professions, noting that skilled practitioners could earn substantial incomes through quality workmanship, professionalism and customer satisfaction.

Sharing examples of the industry's financial potential, he disclosed that a garment produced by one of his students cost him GH¢2,000 while some customers were prepared to pay GH¢5,000 or GH¢10,000 for professionally tailored suits.

He urged the beneficiaries to approach the opportunity with discipline, determination and an entrepreneurial mindset, expressing the hope that the machines would empower them to become self-reliant, support their families and contribute meaningfully to national development.