By Muhammad Aliyu Dutse.
in its determination to reduce employments among youths in the state , the Jigawa state government has approved the conversion of 7, 588,s casual workers to permanent and pensionable staff of various cadres ranging from primary and secondary teachers, health workers, agricultural extension services staff with a view to boost the economy of the stats
This was Made known by the state governor Malam Umar Namadi when he paid a Sallah Homage on the Emir of Kazaure Alhaji Najib Husaini.
He said the state government has trained over 10,000. Youth on the repair of hand PUMPS grant up and supplied more than 100,000 Hand pumps spare parts for sales at affordable prices.
He said another 50 people have selected form each of the 27 local councils of the state to be trained on rice milling which was the programmme of the Federal government adding that over 10,000 youths were empowered on various skills all in an efforts to reduce idleness among them .
Governor Namadi Danmodi who was represented by the speaker of the state house of Assembly RT, honourable Haruna Aliyu Dngyatun explained that 85 motorcycles have distributed to agric extension workers which will enable them to rich nook and crannies of the state to assess agricultural schemes and advise farmers on the way forward.
The governor pointed out that he introduce 12 points agenda of which he is pursuing seriously saying under the his government executing various development projects .
He therefore acknowledged the positive advice he enjoys from the traditional rulers of the state
Earlier in his welcome address, the emir of Kazaure Alhaji Najeeb Hussaini Adamu called on his people to fear and return to God so as to his blessing in the World and Here after, as well as assured the state government of his support and cooperation at all times. He warned people who bent on abusing leaders describing them as useless hum beings in the society.
The Emir appealed to the state government to continue wit he empowerment programmes in order to make youth self reliant in the state.
He lamented that some parents especially from the rural areas have formed the habit of sending them or selling them to urban centers and even to some neigh boring Countries on girl child labor in order to secure them money where by some they were picked by human traffickers to Wisk them away for sale
The Emir therefore frowns on some people who were bent on deforestation felling down in his domain and ordered that any body was seen with cutting machine should be arrested , confiscate the machine and handed him over to authorities for prosecution. Alhaji Najib Adamu said the state government has set to revive forestry adding a total 2.5 million seedlings have nursed, ready for distribution to people who were interested free of charged.
