Kano State government on Saturday declared that plans are in place to support women with productive assets such as the ram fattening and goats reproduction schemes especially those at the grassroots to gain an economic foothold.
The Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Dr. Danjuma Mahmud, disclosed this during the flag off of distribution of rams and goats to women in Tudun Wada, Doguwa and Bebeji Local Government Areas.
The Project Communication Specialist, Ameen Yassar, in a statement said the palliatives were distributed under the Kano State Agro-pastoral Development Project.
The distribution of the rams and goats covers all the 44 Local Government Areas of the state and is being monitored to ensure that the process is not manipulated, it was learnt.
The commissioner, represented by the Director of Administration in the Ministry, Alhaji Muhammad Tukur Jalal, said government intends to empower women with skills, resources and opportunities to enable them take care of their families and become more active players in nation building.
“Government takes the issue of supporting women with productive assets such as the ram fattening and goats reproduction schemes to assist women especially those at the grassroots to gain an economic foothold, seriously” he said.
He called on the beneficiaries to take good care of the livestock and make sure they are not sold for frivolous reasons.
State Programme Coordinator of Agro-pastoral Development Project, Malam Ibrahim Garba Muhammad, said 50 women will benefit from the scheme in each of the 44 Local Government Areas of the state.
“About 3,474 citizens of the state have received cows, rams and goats under the first phase of the programme. The essence is to help the beneficiaries improve their income and living standard”, he emphasised.
Muhammad said the KSADP, which is funded by the Islamic Development Bank, the Lives and Livelihood Funds and the government of Kano State, is implementing several capital projects and programmes across the state, to mitigate poverty and promote food and nutrition security, by developing agro-pastoral production.
