Governor Aliyu charged them to utilize the tools and stipends given them wisely so that they can cater for the needs of their families
By Muhammad Ibrahim, Sokoto
Sokoto State Government has again graduated another set of 500 women trainees under the state poverty reduction programme.
The trainees, who were drawn from across the state received training in leather and crafts, soap making food and spices and hairdressing.
Speaking at the graduation ceremony, Governor Ahmad Aliyu reaffirmed his administration’s determination to continue training youths and women on various trades so as to make them self-reliant.
He said the present administration had from inception to date trained hundreds of youths in different skills through Ministries of Humanitarian Affairs and Social Welfare, Local Government Affairs, Poverty Reduction Agency as well as Women and Children’s Affairs.
Press Secretary to the Governor in a statement made available to our correspondent, Governor Aliyu stated that “All these are done as part of our modest effort to create jobs, reduce youth restiveness as well as check idleness among the teaming youths in the state.”
According to him, plans are underway to train more youths in the coming years, adding “That at the end of our tenure, we would have achieved our target in job creation, poverty reduction, employment generation as well reducing youth restiveness in the state insha Allah.
Governor Aliyu charged them to utilize the tools and stipends given them wisely so that they can cater for the needs of their families.
Earlier, the Secretary to the State Government, Muhammad Bello Sifawa, underscored the contributions of women to the economic growth of every society, and called on the beneficiaries to justify the confidence reposed in them.