The Chairman, House Committee on Ecological Fund and a member representing Birnin/Magaji Kaura Namoda Federal Constituency in Zamfara, Mr Aminu Jaji, has empowered 6,000 indigent constituents.

Speaking at the inauguration of the empowerment scheme in Kaura Namoda town on Tuesday, Jaji said the scheme was aimed at alleviating the suffering of the masses in the constituency and Zamfara at large.

Jaji stressed that the effort was part of his intervention to ease the current economic hardship in the country.

Represented by the former Chairman, Birnin Magaji Local Government Area, Alhaji Muhammadu Umar, Jaji said the gesture would cut across all the 480 polling units in the two LGAs.

Umar, who is also the Chairman distribution committee of the empowerment scheme, said a total of 3000 bags of rice, 4,500 bags of fertilizer, 200 sewing machines, 100 knitting machines and 500 pasta machines were procured.

He explained that the items would be distributed to the various groups of beneficiaries in the constituency.

“Some of the women beneficiaries will receive one bag of flour, while 20 welding machines will be given to support some unemployed trained welders.

“About 200  pieces of POS machines will be given to 200 trained and selected POS operators, with a cash assistance of N10 million.

“Also, about 105 borehole drilling machines will be given to 105 youths trained for borehole repairs with N10 million cash,” the Lawmaker explained.

Speaking earlier, the Secretary of the distribution committee, Mansur Khalifa-Kaura said the beneficiaries were drawn from the 21 political wards in Kaura Namoda and Birnin Magaji LGAs.

“These gestures, in addition to the recent scholarship offered to 30 students of the Federal Polytechnic Kaura Namoda, were made possible under the lawmaker’s education scheme.

“As we all know, few months ago, Jaji empowered vulnerable persons with cash and items worth over N100 million across the state,” Khalifa-Kaura added.(NAN)