Kano Empowers 1,900 Butchers, Plans Cottage Industries To Boost Jobs

Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has empowered 1,900 butchers across the state with butchery kits.

The beneficiaries received butchery kits containing axes, rain boots, trays, basins, aprons, knives and other essential work tools under the empowerment programme organised by the Kano State Traders and Street Hawkers Agency.

The governor also announced plans to establish cottage industries across the state to boost small-scale enterprises and create more employment opportunities.

Speaking during the distribution ceremony in Kano, Yusuf said the intervention was part of his administration’s commitment to strengthening the informal sector and ensuring that governance directly impacts the lives of ordinary citizens.

He disclosed that the 2026 budget had made provision for the establishment of cottage industries and enterprise suites at strategic locations, adding that implementation would commence soon.

He explained that, the facilities will provide modern workspaces, shared production equipment, storage facilities, business support services, training opportunities and organised marketing channels for artisans and small-scale entrepreneurs.

Yusuf said the cottage industries would include dedicated sections for butchers, meat processing, leather processing and tannery operations, creating an integrated value chain that would generate more jobs for youths while adding value to local resources.

He described butchers as critical contributors to Kano’s economy, noting that the sector supports food security and supplies raw materials to the state’s leather and tannery industries.

The governor urged the beneficiaries to make judicious use of the tools to expand their businesses and improve their livelihoods, while encouraging other traders and artisans to register with the agency to benefit from future government interventions.

Earlier, the Managing Director of the Kano State Traders and Street Hawkers Agency, Abubakar Bichi, said the agency had registered and profiled more than 400,000 petty traders, artisans and street hawkers across the State.

He added that over 10,000 traders and hawkers had been issued identification cards, while plans were at an advanced stage to extend empowerment programmes to tailors, hairdressers, mechanics, food vendors and other artisans.