Governor Abbas Kabir of Kano State has ordered the reopening of 26 entrepreneurship institutes closed by the administration of former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.
The Commissioner for Works and Housing, Marwan Ahmad, who disclosed this at a news conference in Kano yesterday said Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso’s administration established the institutes to equip youths and women with different skills.
“Governor Abba Kabir-Yusuf has direct that all the 26 Entrepreneurship Institutes established by Sen. Kwankwaso’s Administration which were abandoned by the previous administration, are hereby reopened,” Mr Ahmad said.
The institute includes Journalism, Horticulture, Poultry, Driving, Reformatory, Hospitality and Tourism, Animal Husbandry, Sports, Informatics, and Corporate Security, among others.
He added that the institutes will be optimally used to address drug addictions and thuggery, posing serious concern to state residents.
He also said the governor had also ordered contractors handling 5-kilometre road projects initiated by Mr Kwankwaso’s administration across the 44 local government areas of the state to resume work at the sites.
“The provision of infrastructure would stimulate the state’s socio-economic activities and revenue base as well as the overall development of communities.”
