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| Kano-Cares Project Empowers 21,000 Vulnerables in 3-Years - Coordinator |
By Salisu K Ismail
The Kano Cares project says it has empowered over 21,000 beneficiaries since inception of the program in the state.
This was made known on Monday, by the State Coordinator of the Nigeria Covid-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus Project (Kano CARES) Ahmadu Rufa'i while interacting with journalists under the platform of Kano Association of Online Journalists (ASKOJ) in his office.
He said that, "the project was aims to help vulnerable men and women to recover from the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on their economy and keep them busy with a small business that will sustain and carter for their daily needs."
The three years project with a target of 50,000 beneficiaries in Kano is expected to be terminated in the next coming four months this year.
The Nigeria Covid-19 Action Recovery and economic stimulus project (Kano CARES) has gives out different kind of supports and empowerment packages to vulnerables beneficiaries across the state.
Recently, he said, "the project disbursed agricultural inputs which includes; day old chicks, bags of feeds, medication and assets, vegetable processing machines, cereal grinding machines to the poor and vulnerable households across Kano state.
However, The coordinator explained that, the project aside empowerment has also constructed over 90 kilometres of roads across twenty local government area of the state this, is in addition to the renovation of no fewer than 39 public toilets in different local governments.
“We have also constructed feeder roads not more than 2 kilometres each leading to over 90 kilometres. We have also renovated 39 public toilets constructed during Engr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso but were left without care,” he pointed.
He called on the Federal and Kano State Government to consider sustaining the project after its completion in order to continue to alliviat the suffering of the less privileged ones.
Highlighting on the challenges faced by the Project, the State Coordinator said, The project is constrained by the current inflation in the price of goods, which can hinder the success of achieving the number of beneficiaries targeted for the program and the problem of how some of the beneficiaries are selling the empowerment inputs that were supported them with.
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