Katsina State Govt Bought And Distributed 720 Goats Worth N104m for Women As Empowerment Scheme

Katsina state gov, Alh Abdulkadir Nasir

The Katsina state government has just bought 720 goats worth of N104m to distribute for the women in the state under its Women Empowerment Scheme.

The report was disclosed on Tuesday, August 2, by Alhaji Abdulkadir Nasir, the special adviser to the governor on economic empowerment, at the launching of the programme in Katsina.

According to him, each of 240 women selected across the 34 local governments would be given two female goats and one male goat.

He said “the animals were purchased in Niger Republic and were highly reproductive and good for breeding”

“The goats are also insured for one year and veterinary officers will be going round in all the local governments to provide medication to the animals if the need arises,” the special adviser said.

Nasir urged the beneficiaries not to sell the animals and to ensure they take proper care of the animal.

He noted that the government disbursed N30million to 1,890 physically challenged people across the state to establish small-scale businesses and also empowered one physically challenged from each local government area with a shop, generator, charging board, recorder and N20,000 worth of recharge cards to engage in business.

The sum of N340million was also disbursed to various organised trade associations in the state, all in efforts to boost small and medium scale enterprises in the state.

Speaking at the distribution ceremony, Katsina state Governor,  Aminu Masari said the N104million was part of the N2billion loan obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) by the state government for the development of Small Scale and Medium Entrepreneurship.

He said the loan would attract nine per cent interest rate which the administration had obliged to bear.