The Kano State Government has approved the reactivation of an empowerment programme tagged ‘Kano Kal-Kal’ aimed at empowering women economically to achieve a sustainable clean environment in the state.
The state Commissioner of Information, Mohammed Garba, who disclosed this as an outcome of the state council meeting at the weekend said the programme would identify genuine cooperative women groups to benefit from the empowerment initiative.
Already, he said, the state government has approved the release of N20,000,000 million for the renovation of four Women Development Centres to a standard level in the four new Emirate Councils in the state.
According to him, the state executive council has approved the setting up of a committee to work out ways to ensure that Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) extend support and collaborate towards the smooth implementation of Revenue Harmonisation Law 2016 for the improvement of revenue generation in the state.
The committee, which is to be chaired by the commissioner for planning and budget, has commissioners of finance, information, Chairman, Kano state Internal Revenue Service, managing director Kano state Agricultural Supply Company (KASCO), among others as members.
The commissioner said the council also received a proposal from the management of Porto Golf Group of Companies for the establishment of Porto Golf Resort at Tiga Castle Rock Hotel in Tiga, Bebeji Local Government Area of the state.
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