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.

Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Mumeen Lah     Rihanat Ajia     Kwara-SAPZ Project     UITH     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Dele Momodu     Fatai Garuba Labaka     N-Power     Kwabes     Elewu     Saliu Shola Taofeek     Danhawa     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Olayinka Are     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Lafiagi     Towoju     Mohammed Abdulahi     Moses Salami     Offa Grammer School     Moses Afolayan     General Hospital, Ilorin     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Samari     Olupako Of Share     Turaki     Dumagi     Sango-UITH Road     Amuda Bembe     Gbajabiamila     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Metro Park     IQRA College     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Olushola Saraki     Salman Jawondo     Amule     Azeez Salawu     Ebola     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Bibire Ajape     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Lanre Jimoh     Minimum Wage     Abdulazeez Uthman     Omar Gambari     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Iyabo Adewuyi     Ifelodun     Laduba     Wasiu Odewale     Oloyede     Chief Of Staff     Kazeem Gbolagade     Hussein Olokooba     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Ishola Abdullahi     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Awwal Jawondo     AbdulRaheem Ahmad Shayi     Dan-Kazeem     Aliyu Adebayo     Kayode Zubair     AGM Professional Services     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Oloye     Siraj Oyewale     Adesoye College     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Sayomi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Isau     Igbomina     Idris Garuba     Mohammed Abdulahi     General Hospital     Gani Saadu     Olam Food Ingredients     Awoye     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Leke Ogungbe     Ado Ibrahim     Gobirawa     Sai Kayi     Adamu Atta     Moji Makanjuola     Adebara     Lucky Omoluwa     SWAN     Femtech     Mohammed Ibrahim     Madawaki     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Owo Arugbo     Saraki     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Raheem Adaramaja     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Binta Abubakar Mora     Yakub Lai Gobir     Ibrahim Mashood     Belgore     Baboko     NFAI     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Ilorin Durbar     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Balogun-Ojomu     A.O. Belgore     IHS     Onilorin     Ajike People Support Centre     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Curfew     Kamoru Kadiri     Amos Justus Sayo     Yahaya Dumoye     Moses Rahman Popoola     2017 Budget     Tunji Oyawoye     Olayinka Olaogun     Mashood Dauda     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Quran     Yekini Adio     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Edret Sabi Abel     Kisira     Ghali Muhammed     Balikis Jawondo     Kwabes     Doyin Awoyale     Lukman Adeloyin     BECE     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Royal FM     Umar Danladi Shero     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Babatunde Idiagbon     Ojo Isekuse     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Shao     Oye Tinuoye