NewsPhilanthropyKaura Economic Empowerment Programme Empowers Youths In Bauchi

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Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed of Bauchi state has distributed starter packs, cash and motorcycles to hundreds of beneficiaries in Ganjuwa and Darazo Local Government Areas of the state under Kaura Economic Empowerment Programme (KEEP).

A statement by an aide on new media to the Governor, Lawal M Mu’azu Bauchi, said, the empowerment program was a deliberate effort to holistically address the problem of unemployment and poverty in the state, especially among youth and women.

On the occasion, Governor Bala Mohammed said, his administration is desirous in pulling the majority of the people of the state out of poverty.

“The empowerment includes, provision of starter packs and N50,000 cash for five hundred persons per local government, provision of three motorcycles in each of the wards of the 20 local governments for ward chairmen, ward coordinators and ward youth leaders as beneficiaries.”

“Others are the provision of N100, 000 cash to women and youth leaders in each of the twenty local governments as well as the provision of five buses to each of the local government areas of the state.”

“Today’s occasion is a continuation of the formal launching of the programme in all the 20 Local Government Areas of the state.”

“These items are just part of the package the state government earmarked for its empowerment programme.”

“We are determined to give the necessary support to our poverty alleviation and economic empowerment agencies to effectively and efficiently discharge their responsibilities”, Mohammed added.

He also announced plans by the state government to support artisans and traders across the state with five hundred million naira as soft loan to advance their business activities.

Mohammed, therefore, reassured the people of the state that his administration is irrevocably committed to the upliftment of their condition of living through various economic empowerment programmes and appealed for continued support and cooperation towards the realization of the noble objective.

In her remark, the wife of the Governor, Hajiya Aisha Bala Mohammed applauded the support of Governor Bala Mohammed to women and youth across the state.

On his part, the state PDP chairman Hamza Koshe Akuyam, said the governor’s empowerment programme is part of the manifesto of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to tackle poverty and unemployment.

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Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)

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