The Kano state Governor-Elect, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf has vowed to reopen the 26 entrepreneurship institutes, established by his political leader, Sen. Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, aimed at massively creating jobs for unemployed youths in the state.
Yusuf stated this while speaking with newsmen shortly after addressing mammoth crowd of supporters to celebrate the Eid-Fitr at Kwankwaso’s residence, located at Miller road resident in Kano on Sunday.
He explained that the incoming administration would provide modern learning materials to train youths and women into various trades.
Yusuf explained that the 26 Institute set up and built under Kwankwaso’s administration were abandoned by the outgoing Governor Abdullahi Ganduje’s administration.
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He said the institutes would be optimally be used to squarely address the menace of drug addictions and thuggery that posed serious concern to residents of the state.
He said the drug addicts and thugs will be reformed into becoming responsible persons through the entrepreneurship training or empowerment in order to become self dependent and self reliant.
According to him, “By May 29, after the inauguration and when we take the mantle of leadership, we will hit the ground running towards implementation of all campaign promises ranging from health care delivery, education, water supply, Agriculture, Security and Human development among others.
“We have had the opportunity during the tenure of Sen. Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso to construct about 26 entrepreneurship institutes.
These institutes were closed by the outgoing administration for almost four years.
When we take the mantle of leadership, we will reopen the institutes so that our teeming youths to benefit as far as empowerment is concerned.
“We are going to take very serious measures against thuggery and drug addictions.
” We have to make sure we clean the society of the menace of drug addictions and thuggery. As far as am concerned, I’m going to address this issue very aggressively,” the Governor-elect, Yusuf however maintained’’, he said.
