El-Rufai Creates 125,000 Jobs, Gives Account Of 9 Months Of Stewardship

Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir el-Rufai on Saturday gave account of his 9-months stewardship as the governor since taken over the mantle of leadership of the state.

The governor who gave his stewardship account during his 6th town hall meeting in Saminaka, headquarters of Lere local government area, revealed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state has so far ceeated over 125,000 direct jobs in State within less than one year in office.

El-Rufai said the state school feeding programme created at least 85,000 jobs, including the vendors, their staff and supervisors.

He told the gathering that, Dangote and Olam are in advanced discussions with his administration on integrated tomato agro-industrial projects around Galma Dam.

The governor added further that, Olam has also decided to build the largest poultry and feed-mill facility in Sub- Saharan Africa in the State,with the ground breaking ceremony in April this year.

His words: “The Job Impact of ongoing interventions is over 125,000 direct jobs in Kaduna State within less than one year of the APC being in office. The estimates of these include:
“School feeding programme: at least 85,000 jobs, including the vendors, their staff and supervisors. 
School uniforms: 11,100 jobs
Rehabilitation of Schools: 7,542 jobs 
Construction of toilets: 6,285 jobs
Solar boreholes: 5,028 jobs
KASTELEA: 2,550 jobs
Waste collection: 6,700 jobs

Science and Maths Teachers: 2,300 jobs” 

he highlighted.

El-Rufai added, “Stallion group is to build a 10,000-hectare rice farm and mill in Kaduna in Southern Kaduna to reduce our dependence on imported rice. Other rice farm and mill projects are being implemented by many firms to utilize our zero-interest loans around the CBN Rice Anchor Lending Programme”

el-Rufai,who was accompanied by the Senator representing Kaduna North Senatorial District, Alhaji Suleiman Hunkuyi and other top government officials on a police helicopter for aerial view of the security in that part of the state said operations against cattle-rustlers, kidnappers and other criminal gangs are continuing in the affected areas.