Senior Special Assistant to the Bauchi State Governor on employment matters, Khalid Barau is set to empower some ten Persons with Disabilities in the State by end of next month.
The offer was made in support of Initiative for the Liberalization of Physically Challenged People in Nigeria (ILPCPN) and Gidanta Care Unit’s collaborative project to empower 500 Persons with Disabilities, ten persons at a time.
The project, with theme: “Variously Impaired Persons Empowerment Project” has set in motion plans to distribute food items and cash grant of N5,000 to each beneficiary.
Thanking the SSA on behalf of Persons With Diasabilities, the CEO, ILPCPN, Hamza Waziri, expressed gratitude for the willingness to empower PWDs. He added that the project is a scheme he intends to implement every month till the target 500 PWDs is reached.