Self-employment: Bauchi Governor Empowers 1000 Youths with 150m | Tellwell Newspaper
From Ahmad Saka, Bauchi
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has empowered 1000 youths with 150 million in Ningi and Warji Local Government Areas of the State.
The Empowerment, which 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.
Ningi and warji are the number 15th and 16th local Government areas that benefitted from the programme.
Flagging off the exercise, Governor Mohammed said that 80 percent of the state had been covered by the economic intervention.
Bala said the aim of the intervention is to make people of Bauchi State self-reliant by providing them the wherewithal and conducive environment to be economically productive.
He said the programme was designed to boost economic activities in order to address the problem of unemployment and alleviative poverty among our people, especially the vibrant youth and women.
In their separate remarks, the chairmen of warji and Ningi LGAs, Mohammed Danjummai and Mahmud Hassan Tabla, respectively, expressed appreciation to the governor for carrying his people along in delivering the dividends of democracy.
Some of the beneficiaries interviewed expressed gratitude to the governor for the gesture, and pledged to make the best use of the items to boost their businesses.
