The Zamfara state authorities has unveiled an empowerment programme for Internally Displaced Individuals throughout the state’s 14 native authorities areas.
That is contained in an announcement issued in Gusau on Friday by the Director Info, Zamfara State Ministry for Humanitarian Affairs, Catastrophe Administration and Social Improvement, Bashir Kabir.
Inaugurating the programme on behalf of the state authorities, the Commissioner, Hajiya Fa’ika Ahmad, mentioned it was a part of Gov. Bello Matawalle’s administration’s coverage of selling the lives of IDPs for future growth.
“The commissioner defined that the state, by means of the ministry, had been dedicated to enhancing the livelihood of the IDPs and different classes of susceptible individuals, notably girls and kids.
“We arrange stakeholder committees at LGAs degree for the distribution of the empowerment instruments to the IDPs coaching centres throughout the state, with a view to making sure correct coordination and sustainability,’’ she mentioned.
Objects distributed on the centres included: industrial machines, stitching machines, tricycles, grinding machines, dignity kits, meals and non-food gadgets.
She maintained that the occasion was the second of its form the place IDPs and susceptible individuals had been empowered for self-reliance.
One of many beneficiaries, Halliru Garba, whereas appreciating the federal government on behalf of different beneficiaries, assured of even handed utilization of the gadgets.
“We are going to guarantee monitoring and analysis of how the gadgets are managed throughout the centres within the state,’’ Ahmad affirmed.
NAN