Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Yahaya, on Thursday started the distribution of N1.5 billion intervention funds to assist Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises and households affected by the devastating floods in the course of the previous wet season within the state.
The intervention covers 10,000 beneficiaries recognized from throughout varied communities, together with members of associations, the bodily challenged, and different susceptible teams.
Talking on the occasion, the governor restated that the welfare of the folks stays on the centre of his administration’s focus, with a powerful emphasis on supporting livelihoods and companies.
“The welfare of the folks of Gombe State stays on the coronary heart of our administration’s priorities. Over time, now we have initiated and applied quite a few packages geared toward assuaging the struggling of the poor and susceptible in our society.
“Our focus has been unwavering: to supply a security internet for our folks and empower them to rebuild their lives. We have now undertaken varied palliative meals distribution packages and supplied emergency intervention to flood victims and different disaster-affected teams,” Yahaya stated.
He defined that by means of the Gombe State Emergency Administration Company, the State Authorities has supplied immediate and well timed emergency interventions to supply instant reduction to the victims in the course of the flood occasions.
He described the assist as a strategic transfer in the direction of supporting and rebuilding livelihoods and companies. “This isn’t simply a possibility to get well however an opportunity to develop stronger and turn out to be extra resilient.”
“My administration will proceed to work tirelessly to draw extra interventions, implement extra insurance policies that assist enterprise development, and create an setting the place each citizen can thrive,” he famous.
Yahaya lauded the Federal Authorities and the North-East Growth Fee, in addition to different stakeholders for his or her assist and collaboration in the direction of guaranteeing the success of the programme, calling on the beneficiaries to make good use of the intervention and contribute meaningfully to the event of the state.
The Commissioner, Ministry of Particular Duties and Regional Integration, Shehu Abdullahi, acknowledged that assist and welfare have been the cardinal factors of Governor Yahaya’s management.
He famous that the state skilled catastrophic floods and different pure disasters within the final wet season, impacting 2,500 homes, 33 communities, quite a few farmlands, and significant infrastructure.
Abdullahi counseled the governor’s swift response to those disasters, together with the supply of instant emergency reduction to the affected communities.
Talking earlier, the Chairperson of Shongom Native Authorities, Fatima Bello, described Yahaya as an ‘unprecedented chief and achiever’ who persistently prioritises the welfare of his folks.
She expressed appreciation for the Governor’s dedication to human and infrastructural growth, which has fostered a conducive setting for funding and development.
Bello pledged that each one Native Authorities Chairmen throughout the 11 LGAs will work diligently to make sure the profitable implementation of the programme.
Responding on behalf of the beneficiaries, Alhaji Uba Abdullahi, Chairman of the Gombe State Rural Entrepreneurs Affiliation, expressed gratitude to Yahaya for his intervention, acknowledging its vital influence on companies and people.
He acknowledged, “Companies in Gombe State have persistently benefited from the assist and interventions initiated by the Governor since he assumed workplace. We’re assured that these funds will likely be utilized successfully to attain their supposed goal.”
Abdullahi additional expressed appreciation for the varied initiatives undertaken by the federal government to assist companies, notably the N500 million intervention for SMEs by means of the GoCares mission, acknowledging these efforts as essential steps in the direction of the expansion and growth of the state’s financial system.
