AgegePulse Magazine
The Chairman, Agege Local Government Council, Lagos, Hon. Abdul-Ganiyu Vinod Obasa has doled out a N100,000 Cash Grant to 280 Agege Residents to youths and women engaged in micro and small-scale enterprises in the Agege.
This was delivered yesterday at the council secretariat, Agege Local Government.
Speaking at the presentation, Obasa said his administration, has made Agege people a very important part of of is agenda. Making sure our people are empowered, our people have the financial power to do things. Their life improves. That's one of the reasons you know we are here as a government, and also we know that the part of Agenda as well, which we take a lot of people out of poverty. That's one of the goals of Renewable Agenda. And for us as the local government, we are actually in support of that.
" It's good thing to do roads, to do drainages, to do schools, to do all sorts of things. Also, very important that we empower our people, and they are able to increase their disposable income in whatever small-scale business, micro business they are doing.
"They are able to get the financial assistance needed to grow a lot of those businesses. So in Agege, we've done 100 million to Agege economy. That sorted this 140 million into Agege economy.
"This intervention is designed to strengthen grassroots enterprises and human capital development.
He then adviced the beneficiaries to use the funds giving to them judicious and also to grow their small scale businesses.
Appreciating the grant Mrs. Sherifat Bankole thanked the Chairman for his kind gesture and appealled to all beneficiaries to use the funds for it primary objective.
