Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf is set to distribute bags of grains and empower youth, women and people living with disabilities with cash in the state.
The governor, according to statement by Sanusi Bature Dawakin-Tofa, his Chief Press Secretary, would launch distribution of grains, comprising rice and maize across the 484 wards of the 44 Local Government areas of the state.
Dawakin-Tofa said the governor made this known on Saturday at a meeting with the state and local government chairmen/Secretaries of four grassroot mobilisation platforms, Community Re-Orientation Committee, CRC, Lafiya Jari, Kano PRO-PA and Kwankwasiyya at Coronation Hall in Kano.
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The CPS said governor Yusuf noted that the gesture was his government’s effort of providing succour to the people, aimed at alleviating the effects of fuel subsidy removal, adding that arrangements had been completed for the commencement of the distribution.
The Governor said the second batch distribution “is imperative looking at the difficulties people are going through and made a clarion call on the distribution committees at the State and local levels to be just in the exercise to achieve the goal of cushioning the current hardship of extreme hunger and abject poverty.”
“Abba Kabir Yusuf added that plans are in the pipeline for empowerments programmes that was envisaged to three categories of beneficiaries totalling 4,840 across women, youth and people living with disabilities who will be trained and provided with start-up capital,” he was quoted as saying in the statement.
“We will also ensure the introduction of Amana taxis and buses scheme for our teaming youth, some Tricycles riders (Yan Adaidata Sahu) will be included in this scheme to upgrade thier status.”
“On the areas of development projects, the Governor said the five kilometres projects in the headquarters of 44 local governments initiated by Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso in the second tenure of his administration, would be completed as contractors has been mobilised back to sites for the completion as planned.
“He also during the meeting informed the plan of the State Government to organise an appeal fund for the security agencies operating in the State so as to provide them with the needed vehicles, working gadgets and other interventions to perform according to the standard rules.
“Alh Abba Kabir used the opportunity to state other development initiatives in the areas of education, health, agriculture, expansion of streets in Kano municipality, construction of fly overs and underpasses to ease vehicular movements, de-silting of dams, renovations of hospitals and schools in the 44 local governments of Kano.
“The Governor appreciated the level of support and cooperation accorded to his government by people of Kano and urged for the sustainance of the tempo for the continuous, peace, stability and prosperity in the State,” the statement concluded.
