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Yobe approves N460.8m to empower akara sellers, women traders
The Yobe State Executive Council has approved N460.83 million for the procurement of beans to empower female small business owners, including akara sellers, across the state.
The approval was part of resolutions reached at the council meeting presided over by Governor Mai Mala Buni at the Government House, Damaturu, on Thursday.
Briefing journalists after the meeting, the Commissioner for Home Affairs, Information and Culture, Abdullahi Bego, said the intervention is designed to strengthen women-owned small businesses through the provision of essential items.
He said: “The State Executive Council has approved the sum of N460,828,450.00 for the procurement of beans for distribution to female small business owners as empowerment support.”
Bego added: “These will be distributed along with cooking oil, smokeless stoves, cooking utensils and kitchenware, which have already been procured and stored by the Ministry of Wealth Creation, Empowerment and Employment Generation.”
He said a total of 1,780 bags of 50kg beans would be distributed to beneficiaries across the state.
According to the commissioner, the programme forms part of the Buni administration’s efforts to improve the livelihoods of women and promote small-scale businesses.
The council also approved N364.48 million for the procurement of 1,000 Yamaha GX 390 grinding machines for distribution under the state’s empowerment programme.
Bego said: “Under the Ministry of Wealth Creation, the council has approved the sum of N364,475,000.00 for the procurement of 1,000 Yamaha GX 390 grinding machines for empowerment support to people across the state.”
He further disclosed that the Executive Council approved projects and services valued at N73.32 billion across key sectors of the state’s economy.
According to him, the approvals “include N28.53 billion for the procurement of agricultural tools and implements for the state’s 2026 mega agricultural empowerment programme, N23.97 billion for two major road projects, as well as funding for housing, markets and other infrastructure projects.”
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