Use your wealth to better the lives of your people, Gov. Abba Kabir Yusuf tasked wealthy individuals

Kano state Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf has appealed to wealthy individuals in the state to join hands together with government for the execution of meaningful projects to the teaming populace.

He made the appeal during a special New Year live programme in his office .

He observed that Allah has blessed the state with large number of wealthy individuals and industrialists whose input can contribute in no small measure in the betterment of the lives of people in the state.

According to him the government has well articulated initiatives like, Education Trust Fund, Security Trust Fund and Social Trust Fund, contributions from such folk of the society can assist the government in the realization of those initiatives.

The governor cited an example of other parts of the country where their well to do individuals have made it a habit, execution of various projects and programmes to their societies.

” When I came to office I was expecting such business moguls to approach us with selfless contributions that can be justifiably used in executing projects aimed at improving the lives of the citizenry but to no avail” the governor lamented.

“I want use this opportunity to passionately appeal to them to emulate their counterparts from other parts of the country by lending their supporting hands in making our state a better place for our teaming populace” he stressed.