Ramadan: Wamakko, NDE, disburse N15m to 1000 women in Sokoto

The Chairman of the Northern Senators Forum,  Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko and the National Directorate of Employment ( NDE), has disbursed N 15 million to one thousand small scale businesswomen in the state.

Each of the beneficiaries is into the business of making beans cake (kosai), palp (kunu) and moulded rice ( tuwon shinkafa ), were given N 15,000.

Speaking at the event, Senator Aliyu Wamakko,  who represents Sokoto North Senatorial District, disclosed that, no fewer than one million unemployed women and youths had been empowered by the All Progressives Congress  (APC ), led administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, under the platforms of a myriad of people-oriented, plausible programmes.

He averred,” This is in demonstration of the APC led the federal government to positively impact the lives of Nigerians, especially the less privileged, women, youths and other vulnerable groups.

“These laudable programmes introduced and logically implemented included  marketmoni, tradermoni and N-Power, amongst others, targeted at empowering small scale business people.”

Senator Wamakko further reassured Nigerians that,  President Muhammadu Buhari remains fully committed to further empowering more Nigerians,  especially the women,  youths and the vulnerable.

He promised to sponsor free Ramadan feeding centres where plans have been hatched by the Peoples Democratic Party  ( PDP), led Sokoto State Government to close them,  because of insinuations that, they are domiciled in  APC strongholds.

Also speaking, the APC Gubernatorial Candidate,  Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto,  who described the gesture as historic, maintained, it cannot come at a better time than now, with few hours to the commencement of this year’s Ramadan fast.

He said, “This is part of the series of such uncountable, invaluable gestures of Senator Wamakko,  to further uplift the living standard of the people of the state, from 2007 to 2015, when he was the Governor of the state, and up to now, as a Senator Without Border.

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” Senator Wamakko is a Father to the fatherless,  as well as a strong voice to the voiceless. He is also a strong pillar to the less privileged .”

The APC Gubernatorial Candidate debunked unsubstantiated allegations that, President Muhammadu Buhari,  has not executed any projects in Sokoto State.

Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto also commended NDE for the effective collaboration with Senator Wamakko.

He appealed to the beneficiaries to use the money wisely, so as not to defeat the objectives of the noble gesture that include the alleviation of poverty, unemployment and youths restiveness.

Other speakers, while lauding Senator Wamakko for the unprecedented gesture, called on the benefiting women not to misuse the money.

They included former Commissioners,  Alhaji Tukur Alkali and Professor Musa Garba Maitafsir, former Minister, Senator Bello Jibril Gada and Honourable Sani Alhaji Yakubu, a member of the State House of Assembly,  representing Gudu Constituency.

A cross section of the beneficiaries who commended Senator Wamakko and the NDE for the gesture promised to use the funds for the purpose they are meant for.