The Kaduna State Government has created up to
125,000 jobs in the state in less than one year. The
news was announced by Governor Nasir El-Rufai of
Kaduna state during his sixth town hall meeting with
the people of Kaduna in Saminaka, Lere Local
Government Area, on Saturday, February 27.
According to the governor, the state school feeding
programme, school uniforms, school rehabilitation,
toilets constructions, solar boreholes and other
projects allowed to create an impressive number of
jobs.
He said: “The job impact of ongoing interventions is
over 125,000 direct jobs in Kaduna State within less
than one year of the APC being in office. The
estimates of these include: School feeding
programme: at least 85,000 jobs, including the
vendors, their staff and supervisors.
School uniforms — 11,100 jobs, rehabilitation of
schools — 7,542 jobs, construction of toilets — 6,285
jobs, solar boreholes — 5,028 jobs, KASTELEA —
2,550 jobs, waste collection — 6,700 jobs, Science
and Maths teachers — 2,300 jobs.”
El-Rufai is currently discussing integrated tomato
agro-industrial projects around Galma Multipurpose
Dam Project with Dangote Group and Olam. Olam
reportedly plans to build the largest poultry and
feed-mill facility in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Among other developments are a 10,000-hectare rice
farm and mill built by Stallion Group, which reduce
the dependence on imported rice. “Other rice farm
and mill projects are being implemented by many
firms to utilize our zero-interest loans around the
CBN rice anchor lending programme,” he added.
The governor further commented on the work of
security agencies in the state: “Our security agencies
have better vehicles and improved communication
infrastructure to respond to threats. Our internal
security team, Operation Yaki, has been active in
raiding black spots and preventing crimes, while
responding more rapidly to robberies and other
threats to lives and property.”
Concluding his speech El-Rufai said: “These, in a
nutshell, are the things your government has been
doing since we last met in November 2015. We are
steadily following the APC manifesto on, which we
campaigned and for which you elected us. Delivering
the policies that will empower you and your children
are our focus.
Please shun all those who seek to distract us by
pushing divisive ethnic and religious messages. They
are doing so because they created the current state
of poverty and hopelessness in the last one and a
half decade they were in office through massive
looting and enrichment of a few at the expense of
the many.”
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