By Joyce Remi- Babayeju
The people of Abaji Area Council are now beneficiaries of some people oriented projects as the FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu flagged off empowerment programmes in the community.
While inaugurating the projects, Aliyu noted that the All Progressives Congress governance mandate requires the FCT Administration to be in a hurry to add FCTA value to the lives of the residents of the territory especially those in rural communities.
She commended Abaji Area Council chairman for empowering citizens through the provision and distribution of motor cycles to Okada members, provision of speed boats to Kurege, Maniogi and Alu communities, purchase of irrigation pumping machines to farmers, and distribution of grinding machines to rural women, amongst other empowerment schemes.
The minister assured that the Federal Capital Territory Administration was leaving no stone unturned towards ensuring that the less privileged are empowered with skills and job creation are not encumbered with business support challenges.
“To this end, we have strengthened our leading skills development agency, the Abuja Enterprise Agency, while our Youth Centre in Nyanya has been upgraded for skill acquisition training.”
“We have also continued to fund free training for artisans and craftsmen towards building their capacity to innovate and ease of doing business. It is hope that through this, the agency will energize our youths into fulfilling their full potentials”, she emphasized.
Aliyu advised residents of benefiting communities to justify government’s investment in their communities by ensuring proper maintenance of these projects for the overall development of their communities.
In the same vein, Chairman of Abaji Area Council, Hon. Abdulrahman Ajiya, acknowledged the pragmatic role played by the FCT Minister of State during zero allocation to area councils, stressing that the minister’s efforts contributed to the provision of the empowerment programmes.
Ajiya said that empowerment of the people is a way of curbing social vices in the area council, the administration has empowered that about 1,000 youths and women in various skills acquisition, adding that the administration was able to execute these projects with the support of the FCT Administration.
Projects inaugurated include the Abaji Police Area Command office, 0.5km market junction road, 0.45km road along Baba Mai Lema, ongoing 1.2km road, Pipeline Agyana road amongst others.
