Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed of Bauchi state on Saturday launched the Kaura Economic Empowerment Programme (KEEP) for beneficiaries in Bauchi local government area with provision of cash and other empowerment items in the ongoing efforts to reduce poverty across the state.
The governor applauded public spirited individuals and philantopists for their in the state government's economic empowerment drive especially making donations in cash and kind to complement the Kaura Economic Empowerment Programme in their respective local governments.
Addressing the beneficiaries at the empowerment ceremony held at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, Bauchi, Governor Bala Mohammed said Bauchi metropolis as the seat of Government and the economic nerve centre of the State, is the most populous and cosmopolitan among the twenty Local Government Areas of the State which Economic activities are bound to be higher than others.
According to him, as an economic intervention initiative, the Kaura Economic Empowerment Programme has changed the lives of its beneficiaries for the better as the generality of the people of the state are feeling the positive impact of the programme across the nooks and crannies of the State.
"We are gathered here today to witness the launching of the Programme in Bauchi Local Government. Today's' occasion could therefore be described as the grand finale of the launching of the Kaura Economic Programme across the Local Government Areas of the State. The economic indices and other demographic variables stand out Bauchi as the Local Government with the highest number of beneficiaries of the Kaura Economic Empowerment Programme.
"In each of the 19 Local Government Areas where the Kaura Economic Empowerment Programme has so far been launched, the total number of beneficiaries and total package disbursed to them was 500 people and N75,000,000:00 respectively. However, in the case of Bauchi Local Government, the total number of beneficiaries and total package disbursed is twice higher."
He reassured the people o the state that the PDP led administration would continue to do everything possible within available resources to uplift their socio-economic wellbeing by deploying its managerial competence to do much for the people through various poverty alleviation intervention initiatives.
The governor said in an effort to boost economic activities and further empower the people of Bauchi State through supporting and encouraging entrepreneurship, his administration has disbursed 300 million naira out of the five million naira grant to traders and artisans to improve and enhance their various business activities.
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