Yemi Obafemi
Governor Sani Uba of Kaduna State, has promised some of the released #Endbadgovernance protesters in the State a start-up capitals to commence trading.
The governor gave the 39 released #EndBadGovernance protesters ₦100,000 and smartphones.
The Secretary to Kaduna State Government Abdulkadir Meyere stated this on behalf of the governor.
Meyere said the Kaduna State Government will be tracking the activities and conduct of all 39 released #Endbadgovernance protesters to ensure they are of good behaviour “before the promised benefits are extended to them.
He said, “The state government has taken the details of the released detainees including contact addresses, telephone numbers, and names of their next of kin, for easy tracking and monitoring”.
Meyere said the governor had directed him to collect the credentials of those who have completed their tertiary education.
He said others will be taught skills and some will be given employment.
The governor promised to also rehabilitate the 39 released protesters from Kaduna and empower them if they turn a new leaf.
He said: “The Governor promised that some of them will be given start-up capitals to commence trading, others will be taught skills and some will be given employment,” he said.
According to him, the released #EndBadGovernance protesters were all medically examined and given psycho-social counselling on the need to change for the better to be useful to themselves and society at large.
“Both Islamic and Christian religious leaders preached to them to embrace the teachings of their faiths and to avoid bad company, so as to benefit from God’s blessings here and in the hereafter,” he said.
