A total of 700 participants have completed training on Agro-Processing, productivity Enhancement and livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) in Kano State, says official.
The figure was out of 1, 600 women and youths selected for training under the empowerment programme.
The State Project Coordinator, Alhaji Hassan Ibrahim, disclosed this on Thursday while addressing the first batch of 300 women and youths who underwent training in fisheries, poultry farming and rice production at Bayero University Kano (BUK).
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two-week training programme was conducted at BUK to provide the potential enterprienuers with the necessary skills in their chosen value chains for self-reliance and economic development of Kano State.
Ibrahim said that Audu Bako Bako College of Agriculture had completed the training of 400 beneficiaries.
While the Kano State University of Science and Technology, Wudil, would complete the training of 600 participants on Jan. 1, 2020.
He advised all the trainees under the empowerment programme to make the best use of the knowledge they acquired, to become self reliant and employers of labour.
The project coordinator said there was need for all the participants to take the training seriously so as to enable them to contribute to the economic development of the state and the country.
“I want to use this opportunity to inform you that the Kano State Government paid N136, 000 for each of you. This covers the training fee, accommodation and feeding, among others.
“Initially, 400 persons were to benefit from the programme, but because of the population of Kano State, the government increased the number of beneficiaries to 1,600 persons,” he said.
He said that each of the 1,600 selected participants were expected to be given N2.5 million for the implementation of their chosen businesses.
Ibrahim said that the analysis of their investment plans will determine how much they would need for the production of their chosen value chain.
According to him, the Bayero University Kano will from next week commence training of the remaining 300 beneficiaries under the second batch.
The trainees were taken round the Fish Hatchery and poultry units, department of fisheries and aquaculture of the university. (NAN)
