1000 Kwara traders, artisans to get N1bn soft loans

Date: 2019-09-06

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, yesterday, disclosed that not less than 1000 traders, marketers and artisans will benefit from a N1 billion soft loan to boost their businesses under the Kwara State Social Investment Programme (KWASSIP) under consideration by the state House of Assembly. The governor made the disclosure at the maiden breakfast meeting with journalists in Ilorin, the state capital, where he reiterated that the focus of his administration will centre around human capital and infrastructural development which would attract investments, combat poverty and take Kwara to the top of the table of revenue generation and competitiveness.

He listed his major landmarks to include fixing the perennial water crisis within Ilorin metropolis, taking Kwara out of its pariah status as the least performing state in the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) ranking, getting contractors back to work to complete abandoned or uncompleted projects, paying counterpart funds that have changed the story of the state in health and education sectors, paying years of arrears owed Colleges of Education, and reaccreditation of the state's tertiary institutions, among others.

AbdulRazaq said his administration has done these without touching the N4.8bn it inherited from the previous government, adding that the fund was reserved to kick start the state's social security programme and putting basic infrastructure in place. Modelled after the Federal Government's social investment programmes, the KWSSIP would comprise Kwara State Conditional Cash Transfer (KWCCIT) to support those within the lowest poverty bracket by improving nutrition and increasing household consumption; Kwara State Poverty Reduction Programme (KWSPRP) to assist Kwarans to acquire and develop lifelong skills; Kwara State Government Entrepreneur and Empowerment Programme (KWSGEEP) which shall lend money to petty traders, artisans, farmers, enterprising youths, men and women; and the HomeGrown School Feeding Programme (HGSF).

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

LEAH Charity Foundation     Senate Presidency     Owu Fall     Kanu Agabi     Ajibike Katibi     Raimi Iyanda     Isiaka Oniwa     All Peoples Party     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Curfew     AGILE Programme     AbdulRahman Saad     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Sherif Shagaya     NTA Ilorin     Albert Ogunsola     Voices Of Tomorrow     Alabe     Lateef Alagbonsi     Afonja     Prince Bola Ajibola     Saheed Alakoso     Rashidi Yekini     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Abdulkareem Alabi     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Abubakar Imam     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Shehu Adaramaja     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Muhammed Danjuma     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Share     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Atunwa     Khairat Gwadabe     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Lai Mohammed     Ilorin West     Ariyo     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Olofa Of Offa     Niyi Osundare     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Harafat E. Mukadam     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Buari Edun     Awodun     Bilikisu Gambari     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Presidential Election     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Valsolar     Rihanat Ajia     Ahmed Alhasssan     Yakubu Shaaba     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Y.A. Abdulkareem     NAWOJ     Shehu Salau     Monkey Pox     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Razak Atunwa     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Allocation     Overland     Kazeem Gbolagade     Metro Park     Suleman Abubakar     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Akeem Olatunji     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Convocation Ceremonies     David Oyedepo     Kaiama     Atiku Abubakar     Abdulkareem Alabi     Ado Ibrahim     Sai Kayi     Mamatu Abdullahi     Isa Aremu     Kola Bukoye     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Tuesday Assayomo     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Sayomi     QuickWin     Aliyu Muhammed     Ubandoma     Atiku     Olam Food Ingredients     Amuda Musbau     MMWG     Labaeka     Iyeru Grammar School     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Isiaka Yusuf     Manzuma     Kamaldeen Gambari     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Woro     Mohammed Yisa     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Kazeem Adekanye     Kale Ayo     Afeyin-Olukuta     Abdulkadir Orire     Shade Omoniyi     KWAFFA     Risikat Lawal     Doyin Agbamu     Kayode Ishola     Mike Omotosho     Halimah Perogi     Kwara Pdp     Stephen Fasakin     Oye Tinuoye     Dele Belgore     Mansur Alfanla     Ayinde Oyepitan     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Sheikh Alimi     Eleja     Olatunji Bamgbola     Principal Private Secretary     Kayode Bankole     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Lola Olabayo     Borgu     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Ahmed Bayero     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Nigerian Correctional Service     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Jumoke F. Ajao     ARMTI     Gani Saadu     Akanji     Olota Of Odo-Owa