Ganduje empowers 280 farmers, SMEs
The Executive Director, Technical Services of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Umar Abdullahi Ganduje has empowered farmers and small-scale entrepreneurs with solar equipment and irrigation facilities in Kano State. He
The Executive Director, Technical Services of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Umar Abdullahi Ganduje has empowered farmers and small-scale entrepreneurs with solar equipment and irrigation facilities in Kano State.
He distributed the equipment at an empowerment programme on Sunday evening.
The son of the immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, distributed the equipment to 120 young farmers and solar energy systems to 160 Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (SMEs) across the Dawakin-Tofa, Tofa and Rimin Gado federal constituency.
In a statement, the APC chairman’s media aide, Edwin Olofu, said each beneficiary received a solar system to enable them run their businesses without disruption and reduce dependence on fuel.
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Ganduje was quoted to have said the programme was designed to support youths, irrespective of their gender, whose businesses depend on electricity, particularly those in rural communities.
He also said farmers would benefit from year-round farming through the pumps.
He noted that the initiative marked the seventh empowerment programme executed in the constituency, with more interventions planned.
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“I would like to mention several programmes we have carried out in the last one year focusing on empowering youths and women, especially in rural areas like this.
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“These solar systems will support businesses such as barbing salons, tailoring, POS services, and computer-related businesses. Many of these businesses will thrive in the Northwest, and we are still looking for more opportunities,” he said.
Ganduje said about 13,947 people across Dawakin-Tofa, Tofa and Rimin Gado had benefited from various empowerment initiatives.
He added that empowering SMEs remained key to growth.
“Nations that are economically developed got there by empowering SMEs, and that is the path we are following,” he said.
He further stated that the programme aligns with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda on national and human capital development.
The Deputy Speaker, Kano State House of Assembly, Muhammad Bello Butu-Butu, said: “This empowerment programme will go a long way in improving the livelihoods of our youths.’’
Similarly, the Chairman of Dawakin-Tofa Local Government Area, Anas Dan Maliki, praised the initiative and pledged to emulate the gesture at the grassroots.
