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Bauchi Governor Empowers 1000 Youths with 150m
By Amina Abdullahi Girbo
HOTPEN – Bauchi State Governor Senator Bala Muhammed Abdulkadir has empowered 1000 youths with 150mn in Giade and Shira Local Government Areas of Bauchi.
Governor Bala flagged-off the distribution of empowerment packages to 500 youths and women in Shira and Giade local government areaas of the state with each council has 500 beneficiaries.
The Governor said that the initiative was meant to enable the beneficiaries establish businesses of their own or boost the existing ones.
He said that the 500 beneficiaries in each local government area received sewing and grinding machines, motorcycles, vehicles while others were empowered with N50, 000 capital.
Governor Bala said that the program was deliberately designed to address unemployment in the state.governor noted that his administration is desirous of pulling citizens out of poverty and joblessness hence it initiated the empowerment programme.
In their separate remarks, the chairmen of Shira, and Giade Mahmud Abba, and Usman Salisu expressed appreciation to the governor for carrying his people along in delivering dividends of democracy.
The chairmen commendedtge Governor for the ongoing renovation of the 20 local government Secretariates in the state. They called on the beneficiaries not to sell the items but make good use of them in order to become self reliant.
Some of the beneficiaries interviewed expressed gratitude to the Governor for the gesture, and pledged to make the best use items to boost their resources and businesses.
The Empowerment is part of the ongoing empowerment Programme, tagged Kaura Economic Empowerment Programme’ (KEEP) is expected to cover all the 20 local government areas of the state.
Shira and Giade are the number 13 and 14 local Government areas that benefitted from the programme.
Our Corresspondent recalled that, the state government under the scheme had distributed 1,000 tricycles for commercial purposes in addition to a number of buses to commercial drivers on loan in Bauchi.