Facebook Twitter Instagram
    Breaking News
    • Lagos Leads In TRCN Qualifying
    • ECOWAS @ 50: Stronger Together For Brighter Future
    • FG To Build Medical Simulation Centers For Training
    • NCPC Congratulates Tinubu On Two Years In Office
    • FG Plans Three Years Ban For Exam Cheats
    • Gov. Aliyu Pens Emotional Message To Sokoto Children
    • ECOWAS @ 50: Celebration Will Bolster Community Growth -Tuggar
    • How Gov Aliyu Is Tackling Unemployment In Sokoto -Commissioner
    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest RSS
    The Outlook Nigeria
    Leaderboard Ad
    • Home
    • News
    • Politics
    • Environment
    • Education
    • Health
    • Business
    • Sports
    • Oil and Gas
    • Celebrity
    The Outlook Nigeria
    You are at:Home » Gov. Aliyu Distributes N75m Start-Up Capital To 500 Persons

    Gov. Aliyu Distributes N75m Start-Up Capital To 500 Persons

    0
    By Editor on January 30, 2025 News
    Share
    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Telegram WhatsApp

    The Sokoto state governor, Dr. Ahmed Aliyu, has distributed a total sum of N75m as start-up capital to 500 beneficiaries in the state.

    The beneficiaries drawn from four frontline local government areas of the state received N150,000 each.

    The local government areas are Sabon Birni, Illela, Kware and Gwadabawa.

    Gov. Aliyu also flagged off the distribution of assorted farm inputs with a view to further bolstering food production in the state.

    The gesture is aimed at guaranteeing food security and boosting the socioeconomic development of Sokoto State.

    Presenting the cash assistance to the beneficiaries, Gov. Aliyu said the gesture was aimed at ensuring that communities in the frontline local government areas are fully empowered to be self dependent.

    He said that the choice of the frontline local government areas was in consideration of the activities of bandits that had crippled their economic activities, thereby worsening the insecurity in the areas.

    “It is our ardent belief that this support would help greatly in our job creation strategy, reduce idleness, restiveness and as well assist in our quest to secure our frontline local government areas.

    “Available statistics have shown that many of our rural dwellers ventured into the obnoxious informants’ syndrome because of the peanuts they receive from the bandits each time a ransom was paid.

    “This goes to glaringly prove the popular adage that an idle mind is the devil’s workshop,” he said.

    The distribution, he added, was an extension of the myriad of intervention programmes his administration had introduced in order to fight poverty, reduce youth restiveness, idleness and create wealth among the people of the state.

    Gov. Aliyu maintained that his administration had disbursed billions of Naira in providing financial support to the needy, the vulnerable as well as women and youths through the NG-Cares and SOSMEDA, in the attempt to make them economically stable.

    “We therefore decided to embark on this programme to make our rural communities more economically stable, especially those displaced or crippled by the activities of bandits and other forms of criminality in the state,”the Governor said.

    He added that the second component of the livelihood support was the distribution of farm inputs to 300 beneficiaries from Illela local government.

    They benefited with improved seeds of onion, carrots, maize, rice, marsha pesticides and insecticides, fertilizer, sprayers as well as thrashers.

    This, according to Gov Aliyu, is in addition to the various forms of agricultural support his administration had given to the masses.

    They included free fertilizer, insecticides, pesticides, improved seedlings, and tiller machines, all in an attempt to make the agricultural sector very attractive.

    “We have distributed hundreds of grinding, tailoring and knitting machines, as well as supported our women on soap, pomade and perfume making, with a view to making them gainfully employed,” Gov Aliyu added.

    Also speaking at the occasion, the representative of the Sultan of Sokoto and Magajn Rafin Sokoto, Lirwanu Bello, commended the state government for the programme which is aimed at further reducing unemployment and poverty among the people.

    In his goodwill message, the representative of UNDP, Nuraddeen Bashar Saleh, called on the beneficiaries to judiciously utilize the cash and tools given to them to boost their living condition.

    He praised Gov. Aliyu for the two programmes and many others his administration is undertaking in order to bring meaningful development to the state, thereby creating job opportunities.

    During the event, dignitaries presented cash assistance and farm implements to the beneficiaries ,with a call on them to utilize them well for the benefit of their families and the society at large.

    Share. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Telegram WhatsApp
    Editor
    • Website

    Related Posts

    ECOWAS @ 50: Stronger Together For Brighter Future

    FG To Build Medical Simulation Centers For Training

    NCPC Congratulates Tinubu On Two Years In Office

    Leave A Reply Cancel Reply

    • Popular
    • Recent
    • Top Reviews
    October 11, 2023

    NECO 2023: 737,308 Score Five Credits In English, Mathematics

    June 30, 2022

    UK Media Barred From Reporting on Boy In Ekweremadu’s Case

    June 22, 2022

    Guber Candidate Faults INEC on Placeholder Claim

    May 29, 2025

    Lagos Leads In TRCN Qualifying

    May 28, 2025

    ECOWAS @ 50: Stronger Together For Brighter Future

    May 28, 2025

    FG To Build Medical Simulation Centers For Training

    9.3
    December 19, 2020

    Buhari vows to fight agents of destabilisation

    8.9
    December 19, 2020

    Laoreet Sed: Suscipit nec dapibus at elit

    7.5
    December 18, 2020

    In in augue lobortis, eleifend tortor et, varius

    Latest Galleries
    Latest Reviews
    9.3
    December 19, 2020

    Buhari vows to fight agents of destabilisation

    8.9
    December 19, 2020

    Laoreet Sed: Suscipit nec dapibus at elit

    7.1
    December 19, 2020

    Donec enim neque vulputate et commodo sed

    Copyright © 2025 TheOutlookNG. Powered by ETROG.
    • Home
    • About Us
    • Get In Touch

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.