Kano
State Government has trained and empowered 2,500 tricycle mechanics and
operators in the state as part of effort toward improving their skills.
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje
disclosed this while presenting empowerment items to 2,500 beneficiaries of the
training programme at the Government House, Kano on Friday.
Ganduje explained that the
programme was aimed at improving their business as well as boost the local
economy.
He also said that the three
months training was aimed at improving the knowledge of the local Keke NAPEP
mechanics in state.
“Our
government attaches so much importance to empowerment programme because, at the
end, the beneficiaries will be self-reliant,” he said.
He said that the
beneficiaries were properly selected from the tricycle operators and mechanic
associations across the 44 Local Government Areas in the state.
Ganduje also announced that
the state government had given tax waiver to the commercial tricycle operators
as from now on they would stop paying the N100 being collected from them daily.
NAN reports that the items
distributed to each beneficiary include two tyres, a carton of engine oil
containing 24 gallons and tool box, among others.
Earlier, the Special Adviser
to the governor on Automobile, Engr Idris Hassan, commended the governor for
his foresight in empowering youths in the state.
Hassan urged the
beneficiaries to make the best use of the training they received in order to
become self reliant as well as employers of labour in the state.
He then
urged them to train others in order to translate the skills amongst the teeming
number of unemployed youths to enhance their socio-economic status in the
society.
Hassan also used the occasion
to commend the governor for his efforts in empowering youths whom he described
as future leaders in Kano and the country at large.
Musa Muhammad who spoke on
behalf of the beneficiaries, thanked the governor for the gesture and promised
to use the items judiciously and for the purpose they were given.(NAN)
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