KANO TO JOIN HANDS WITH FG TO BUILD LEATHER CLUSTER IN KANO – GANDUJE ASSURES

KANO TO JOIN HANDS WITH FG TO BUILD LEATHER CLUSTER IN KANO – GANDUJE ASSURES

Kano state government has expressed willingness to release N2.5 billion as its counterpart funding for the establishment of a world class Leather Training Centre at Tiga, in Bebeji local government area of the state. 

The state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje gave the assurance on Thursday when a committee set up by the federal government, through SMEDAN on developing the Industrial Development Centre, Tiga to a world class Leather Cluster Park and Training Centre briefed him on the project.

He assured that the state government’s 40 percent contribution to the project would be released if the Federal Government approves its take off, appealing to the government not to allow the dream to die in view of its economic importance.

The governor pointed out that there is a public building at Tiga that can easily be converted to the centre, noting that the state is best site to locate the project in view of its leather potential and huge population. 

Governor Ganduje explained that Kano has the largest tannery not only in Nigeria but in the whole of West Africa, adding that already, local entrepreneurs in the state have gone far in leather production and business.

Earlier, Chairman of the committee, Alhaji Ahmad Madaki said the committee recommended for partnership between the state and federal government on 40: 60 percent counterpart agreement respectively, adding that the state government is expected to release 25 percent on its contribution for the take-off of the project soon, which is expected to create thousands of jobs.

Meanwhile, Governor Dr Ganduje has received a delegation from the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs led by Ambassador Sale Pisage, who were in the state for a one day Sensitization Workshop on ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme, in which leather entrepreneurs are participants.

The governor told the entourage that Kano is the commercial centre of West African as well as the most populous state in Nigeria, noting that any workshop on trade would greatly assist the business community in the state.

In related development, the governor hosted seven indigenes of the state who recently graduated from the Nigerian Defense Academy, some of who got awards for excellent performance. 

He assured them the state government would monitor their progress to ensure they behaved respectably and contributed positively to the progress of their father land.

Aminu K. Yassar

Press Secretary to the 

Exec. Gov. of Kano state, 

19/9/2015