Kwara State Government has, within the first quarter of this year, spent N1.5 billion to relieve the less privileged citizens of hardship and promote economic activities in the state
The government is also working on how to mitigate the effect of the ‘Japa’ syndrome on the health sector in the state, where it has recorded a dearth of medical doctors and trained nurses.
Acting Manager of the state Social Investment Programme, KWASIP, Olayinka Tejini, disclosed that this was achieved through the government’s social investment programme floated to aid the youths, the less privileged, and the vulnerable in the state.
Speaking at the state interministerial press briefing for the first quarter of 2025 on Tuesday, Tejini said Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq floated the programme in 2019 and that, since then, the programme has improved the lots of many people and boosted the economy of the state.
He explained that the programme was created in three major legs, which he said are in the form of cash support for the poorest, creation of job opportunities or small-scale enterprise for the youths, and boosting the economy of the state through the promotion of an entrepreneurial society.
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