Nigeria Hydro Electric Power Producing Area Development Commission (N-HYPADEC), Birnin Kebbi office, has empowered about 1,000 youths in different skills for self-reliance under its Youths Transformation Programme (YTP) in the state.
N-HYPADEC coordinator in the state, Dr Adamu Zubairu Utono disclosed this yesterday during an interview with journalists in Birnin Kebbi.
According to him, the beneficiaries were empowered with funds for the improvement of their different skills acquisition programmes such as poultry, fish farming, bakery, carpentry, tailoring/fashion design, POP and computer.
Dr Utono expressed delight that the beneficiaries have now become self-reliant after utilising the assistance they received from the state office which was approved by the managing director of N-HYPADEC, Abubakar Sadiq Katikan Yauri.
He noted that his office also was liaising with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) to secure certificates for the beneficiaries in order to operate freely in their businesses in the state.
“These youths that we empowered on these skills have gone far in producing what they were trained for as most of them have opened shops, factories and others with some attending to many customers on a daily basis.
“We also distributed 10,000 bags of fertilizers at affordable prices to communities under the benefitting local government areas in the state to boost their farming activities in Kebbi state,” Dr Utono said.
