The governor of Kaduna State, Senator Uba Sani, has stated that in the coming days, more than 4000 people with small businesses identified by the Kaduna state government, including other poor people who have been included in the "Financial Inclusion" program, will receive N4.2billion subsidy to alleviate the suffering of life following removal of fuel subsidy and inflation
Governor Sani disclosed this in an interview on TVC on February 19, 2024, where he answered questions including the current economic situation in Nigeria, the rise in food prices, the cost life, and the efforts of his government to improve the economy of the country and reduce the hardships of life for the people of Kaduna state.
Responding to questions about how citizens have been protesting recently to show their disapproval of the current state of the economy, Governor Sani said, "There is no unrest in Kaduna state over this. issue, because we have worked with trade unions, business women and non-governmental organizations, because I am also a fighter.
Before the incident of raising these nerves, I was aware of this happening and that is why I am the only Governor who signed an executive law on financial transactions, to make 2.5 million poor people benefit from every financial opportunity.
We have also identified 4200 small business people in Kaduna State and within a week we have decided to support them with support materials worth about 4.2 billion Naira, which will go directly to the poor and other small businesses.
In addition, more than 1.5 million people are now being claimed in financial transactions since the time we signed the financial transactions law in Kaduna state,” Governor Sani said.
Governor Sani explained that it is a joint program of stakeholders such as trade unions, business women, people with disabilities, small farmers, religious and community leaders.
"We are committed in Kaduna state, that is why the trade union supports what we are doing because we are running an open government.
Even before presenting the budget to the Kaduna State Assembly, we held community meetings where I told them that we cannot decide on what to do for the people of Kaduna without their participation. Also, in the meetings, we stressed our determination to run the government in an open manner, that is why we have allocated 22 billion naira for the first of its kind in the history of Kaduna, and this is based on the kind of contributions we received directly from the people. Armu, that's why we allocated a large part of the budget for agriculture. This is why we have a mutual understanding with the people we rule", Governor Uba Sani.