Senator Binos Dauda Yaroe representing Adamawa Southern senatorial zone has empowered 150 women and Youth in his constituency.
Speaking at the first trench of the empowerment in Mayo/Balwa on Friday, Yareo said that the beneficiaries were earlier trained on various skills across the nine Local Governments in the constituency.
“We trained them on entrepreneurship and leadership to enable them to do businesses they want to do and it was successful.
“These Items donate to them is to enable them to start a successful business, be self-employed, and employers of labor.
“The items which include; Sewing machines, Grinding machines, water pump, sprayers, rain boots, cutlasses and Cash of N1.050 million to 21 persons who intended to go for saloon business, poultry, pig and fish farming N50, 000 each”, he said.
He called on the beneficiaries to make judicious use of the items to help themselves and others and to sell for another purpose.
Peace Abubakar, a beneficiary of the Sewing machine, expressed gratitude for the gesture and assured them to make use of it judiciously.
Wosiganso Blues, another beneficiary, and a farmer thanked the lawmaker and expressed hope to boost his production for this year’s irrigation farming, unlike the previous years.