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Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has said his government is willing to embrace public-private partnership (PPP) in a bid to revive the ailing cotton industry in the state.

The Governor revealed this at a workshop in Kano organised by the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) under the theme ‘The Role of Nigeria Banking Sector: Opportunities, Challenges and the Way forward.’

He was represented at the event by the Secretary to the State Government, Usman Usman.

“We need public private investment to revive the cotton industry,” he said.

Governor Ganduje also disclosed that his government has invested N10.18 billion in the construction of the Murtala Mohammed road bridge as well as N3.59 billion in the construction of the Bukavu Underpass.

“We have so many empowerment programmes ongoing in the state and they involve market women, and farmers. The Masu Shayi (tea sellers) empowerment is an effort from the government to improve first, the environment. During the inauguration of the empowerment programmes, there was a lecture on making and selling tea in a clean environment.

Also, the empowerment was to make them self- sufficient so that they can feed and take care of their families. Again, it was done to protect the public from practices that ordinarily would bring about diseases to the community,” he said.

The Kano State governor further revealed that his administration spends up to N9 billion monthly on payment of workers’ salaries.

He expressed satisfaction that despite Kano being the largest state in terms of population size, his administration has not owed workers, and all public servants usually receive their salaries between 26th and 28th of each month.

Original Post by: Agro Nigeria

Website: agronigeria.com.ng/kano-open-ppp-resuscitate-cotton-industry


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