At least two hundred grassroots artisans, hairdressers, small business owners, less privileged women, and youths across ten electoral wards in the Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State have received a massive economic boost.
The empowerment initiative was sponsored by the former Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar-Adamu.
Abubakar-Adamu, while speaking at the event, explains that the two hundred beneficiaries were carefully screened and selected from all ten electoral wards within the local government area.
According to him, the initiative aims to equip remote communities and small business owners who struggle to expand their enterprises, nothing that providing these crucial start-up grants is a direct way to curb unemployment and cushion the effect of ongoing economic hardships.
The empowerment programme featured a cash disbursement of one hundred thousand naira each to the two hundred beneficiaries, affirming that this financial backing is intended to capacitate women and youth-led micro-businesses, facilitating immediate self-reliance.
The beneficiary communities cut across several areas, including Agwatashi, Adudu, Daddare/Riri, Obi, Tudun Adubu/Kwashiri, and Gwadenye. Others include Gidan Ausa One, Gidan Ausa Two, Kyakele, and Duduguru.
Some of the benefiries who spoke to our correspondent shortly after the event, Akwayi John-Justine and Adaga Stella-Erdodo appreciated the former IGP Muhammed Abubakar-Adamu for what they described as a practical demonstration of his unwavering commitment to tackle youth unemployment.
Their words, “We are grateful to former IGP for his kind gesture. We want to use this medium to call on other spiritual bodies and philanthropists across the state to copy the Ex-IGP to address unemployment challenges being faced youths and vulnerable persons in the state.”
They, however, promised to put the empowerment to productive use and appealing to him to remember other youth still on the streets.
Umar Muhammed
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