Kaduna State To Create 200,000 Jobs- El-Rufai

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has said the pro-poor programmes of his administration which include school feeding, planting of economic trees, and waste collection, are expected to create 200,000 jobs.

Addressing stakeholders at the General Hassan Katsina House, Kaduna, on Saturday during the budget Town Hall meeting, el-rufai in his speech entitled ‘Putting the people first: Back to Budget Realism,’ said he would always put the people first in all his actions.

El-Rufai told the stakeholders that the meeting was held to deliberate on the proposed 2016 budget size of about N166bn, comprising N104bn capital and N62bn recurrent components before formal presentation to the state House of Assembly next month.
He said, “Major highlights of the budget proposals; the 2016 budget moves away from funding government to providing infrastructure and services to citizens. It restores the 60:40 ratio in favour of capital expenditure. This is in keeping with our agenda to expand access to education, health care, jobs and security.

“Our pro-poor programmes, including interventions in school feeding, planting of economic trees, and waste collection, are expected to create 200,000 jobs.”