From: Segun Babatunde in Bauchi
As part of efforts by the Bauchi state government to improve the living standard of the people of the state, about 1,000 women and youths from Zaki and Gamawa local government areas of Bauchi State have benefited from government N150 million empowerment programme.
Our correspondent reports that the intervention known as Kaura Economic Empowerment Programme (KEEP) is an initiative of the Bauchi State government to empower women and youths with incentives that will alleviate poverty and provide them with job opportunities in the state.
The beneficiaries were empowered with Motorcycles, Grinding Machines,sowing machines, makeup kits, shoe making machines among others.
Flagging off the Programme in Zaki and Gamawa local government areas of the state Saturday, the Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed said that the government has done so much in the area of Infrastructure development, pointing out that it has become imperative for the government to improve the living standard of it’s citizens, particularly women and youths.
Governor Mohammed said that when he took over the mantle of leadership in 2019, he met a state whose infrastructures was in shambles, adding that within the two years of his administration, the government has constructed roads, built hundreds of schools, hospitals, provided water amongst others.
According to him, “We are being criticized by some people that we have been constructing roads without considering the farewell of the citizens and so, because of the promise we have made, that is why we remained adamant in our quest to develop the state. This same intervention will be replicated in the remaining 18 local government areas of the state. The sum of N75 million was expended in each of the local government”
“We promised during the electioneering campaigns, to provide infrastructures that includes roads, schools, hospitals, water and have done more than fifty percent. Despite dwindling resources at the federation account, we were able to execute all these laudable projects, this is to show you that we will accomplish more if you continue to support the government” he said
Speaking Earlier, the Bauchi State First Lady, Hajiya Aisha Bala Mohammed urged the beneficiaries to make judicious use of the items donated to them to empower themselves and be self-reliant, adding that the present administration is poised to giving women a sense belonging in the affairs of the State.