The Katsina State
Government is training 500 young entrepreneurs on profit maximisation in the
bid to boost economic activities of the state.
Abdulkadir Nasir, the Special Adviser to Governor Aminu Masari,
disclosed this at the opening of the training programme in Katsina on
Wednesday.
According to the governor’s aide, the participants are real
entrepreneurs selected from the Katsina State Amalgamated Traders Association.
He said that the training was being conducted in collaboration
with the North-West Centre for Entrepreneurship Development in Kano.
Mr. Nasir said that the training would assist the entrepreneurs
to know ways to maximise profit and expand their businesses.
He said that after the training, the state government would
secure loans for the participants from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
“After the training, participants will be issued with
certificates that will be used to assist them to secure loans to expand their
businesses,’’ he said.
The special adviser said that the programme was part of the
government’s efforts to reduce unemployment among youths and to also boost
economic activities in the state.
Mr. Nasir said that the government had disbursed millions of
naira in loans to empower women and youths in a bid to reduce poverty, fight
unemployment and enhance business activities in the state.
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