{"id":33171,"date":"2014-11-17T05:23:37","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T04:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=33171"},"modified":"2014-11-17T05:23:37","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T04:23:37","slug":"kwara-empowers-500-artisans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kwara-empowers-500-artisans\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwara Empowers 500 Artisans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mailview-right\" class=\"offset uibox\">\n<div id=\"messagecontent\">\n<div class=\"leftcol\">\n<div id=\"messagebody\">\n<div class=\"message-htmlpart\">\n<div class=\"rcmBody\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>As part of its effort to ensure financial independence for the people of the state, Kwara State Government has distributed working tools, other forms of equipment and loans worth N50 Million to 35 artisan groups comprising 500 members.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the distribution of the working tools at the first anniversary of \u00a0kwara State Artisans Congress, the State Governor, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed \u00a0said the initiative was to empower artisans and ensure that their potentials as major players in the economy of the state is enhanced.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Governor Ahmed said the N50 million intervention was in addition to the N100 Million disbursed to the Artisan Congress when it was formed last year, adding that other forms of empowerment initiatives were in the pipeline for the benefits of the artisans.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On the significance of the empowerment, the governor said \u00a0 since each of the 500 artisans would have at least two employees about 1500 Kwarans were expected to benefit from the scheme.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The governor expressed satisfaction that the administration&#8217;s &#8220;N250Million Revolving Micro \u00a0credit scheme launched in 2012 has grown to N700m and successfully empowered 48,000 small business owners in the process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He noted that 47 artisan groups and 100 transporters have benefitted from the funds while another set of 170 farmers now \u00a0have thriving agribusiness following \u00a0the disbursement of N215m in micro- credit under Off taker Demand Driven Scheme&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The President Kwara State Artisans&#8217; Congress, Alhaji Abdullahi Lanky in his address at the occasion said \u00a0the formation of the Artisans&#8217; Congress has enabled artisans in the state to work with unity of purpose.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Alhaji Lanky \u00a0said the Master Trainer policy of the state government and the establishment of the City and Guild of London moderated International Vocational Centre in Ajasse &#8211; Ipo \u00a0as well as the various loan facilities place artisans in vantage position to drive economic development and generate vast employment opportunities in the state.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Abdulwahab Oba\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Chief Press Secretary<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>to the Kwara State Governor.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"HOEnZb\"><span class=\"HOEnZb\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"HOEnZb\"><span class=\"HOEnZb\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\">&#8212;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>Muideen Akorede, PhD<\/div>\n<div>Senior Special Assistant to the Governor,<br \/>\n(Media and Communication),<br \/>\nGovernment House,<br \/>\nIlorin.<\/p>\n<div>I invite you to follow @Governor_Ahmed on twitter<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"message\" class=\"statusbar\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of its effort to ensure financial independence for the people of the state, Kwara State Government has distributed working tools, other forms of equipment and loans worth N50&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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