Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has proved laying out of funds to women under the Micro Enterprise Enhancement Scheme MEES, with a call on beneficiaries to make use of the funds for self economic liberation.
The Micro Enterprise Enhancement Scheme MEES is coming on the inclines of Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya’s shuttle to the headquarters of the National Directorate of Employment, NDE where the Federal Government Agency heeded to his lobbying efforts to empower rural women and youths in Gombe State.
Directing the beneficiaries at the new banquet hall of the Government House, Governor Inuwa Yahaya said the scheme specifically aims at assisting unemployed women and youths, especially in rural communities to boost their small businesses.
Governor Yahaya charged the beneficiaries to utilize the opportunity for the overall good of their families and the larger society, saying women are as good as their male counterparts and should therefore not be intimidated by realities and circumstances but to strive for the zenith at all times.
Governor Inuwa Yahaya reiterated his administration’s commitment to alleviating poverty through policies that will attract investors, enhance economic growth and create wealth.
He said it is on record that the National Directorate of Employment NDE has been in existence for over 20 years but not until his lobbying shuttle to the Headquarters of the Directorate that resulted in the agency allocating one thousand, one hundred slots for the MEES programme in the State.
Governor Inuwa Yahaya assured the beneficiaries, particularly women in that the loan is just the beginning of many other good things to come their way, pledging more dividends of democracy for women in his administration.
The Governor praises President Muhammadu Buhari for giving women in the State a voice through the appointment of Hajara Salim as the nation’s Ambassador to Malaysia, eulogising equally the feat attained by Hajiya Amina J. Mohammed as the Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations.
He said in recognition of the pivotal role women play in nation building, his administration has appointed women in key positions of authority so as to encourage them and to also enable them contribute their quota to the growth and development of the State.