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By Usman Usman Garba
Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf has emerged overall Best Governor on Small and Medium Enterprise of the year 2024.
The meritorious award of excellence was considered by LakeWhyte Communications for Governor Yusuf’s giant stride on women and youth empowerment initiatives in Kano.
The SMED-endorsed communications firm justified the emergence of Governor Yusuf based on his extraordinary investment in Macro Small and Medium Enterprise and the repositioning of trade and commercial activities in the state.
The award was conferred on Governor Yusuf during the flag-off of the women empowerment programme at the government house.
Presenting the award, Chairman, LakeWhyte Communications, Alh. Mohammed Aliyu Lawal mni disclosed that the award was in recognition of the Governor’s tremendous contribution towards the empowerment of women and youth through various programmes, which include the disbursement of N50,000 capital to 5,200 women monthly.
He revealed that the organisation spent days in Kano with his team to witness what the governor is doing to improve entrepreneurship through women empowerment.
Aliyu disclosed that the board of directors along with other consultants and technical advisories met to assess which of the states of the federation would confer with this award at an event for the year
“We have noted with appreciation the accomplishments of His Excellency the Governor of Kano State in empowering people, and we can see it here because the Governor has made it a cardinal point in his government and his administration to empower women, widows, youth and girl child.”
“It’s evident the massive turnout of women here present. Also, His Excellency has a lot of people in entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Enterprises, and we all know Kano is the centre of commerce, the chairman disclosed.
Meanwhile, another award was also presented to the Governor by the National Air Traffic Communicators Association of Nigeria.
The president of the Association, Mallam Rabi’u Muhammad Sani, presented the award to Governor Yusuf.
He said the award was in recognition of the dedication and contribution of the governor towards the modernisation and remodelling of Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport.
The SME annual award was previously presented to Governors of Lagos, Borno, Katsina and Bauchi.
