Kano Govt reopens 26 entrepreneurship centres closed by Ganduje

<p>The institutes were established by the Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso’s administration to equip youths and women in different skills.</p>, <span>Gov. Abba Kabir-Yusuf of Kano State. Guardian</span>, <h2>The Kano State Government on Thursday announced the reopening of 26 Entrepreneurship Institutes closed by the administration of former governor, Abdullahi Ganduje.</h2>, <p>The Commissioner for Works and Housing, Alhaji Marwan Ahmad made the disclosure at a news conference in Kano.</p>, <p>He said the institutes were established by the Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso’s administration with the mandate to equip youths and women in different skills.</p>, <p>“Gov. Abba Kabir-Yusuf has direct that all the 26 Entrepreneurship Institutes established by the Sen. Kwankwaso’s Administration which were abandoned by the previous administration, are hereby reopened.</p>, <p>“The institute include: Journalism, Horticulture, Poultry, Driving, Reformatory, Hospitality and Tourism, Animal Husbandry, Sports, Informatics, Corporate Security, among others,” he said.</p>, <p>According to him, the institutes will be optimally put to use to address the menace of drug addictions and thuggery posing serious concern to residents of the state.</p>, <p>He said the governor had also ordered contractors handling 5-kilometer road projects initiated by the Kwankwaso’s administration across the 44 local government areas of the state, to resume work at the sites.</p>, <p>Ahmad further said the state government had equally resumed work at the abandoned Jakara River Project in Kano metropolis.</p>, <p>The commissioner restated the state government commitment to the provision of infrastructure to improve the lives of the people.</p>, <p>“The provision of infrastructure would stimulate the state’s socio-economic activities and revenue base as well as the overall development of communities.”</p>