The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Community Engagement Northeast, Abdulhamid Yahaya Abba, has donated generators to over 200 entrepreneurs in the region.
The generating sets were distributed to local barbers who struggle with electricity to run their businesses.
The gesture was disclosed in a statement signed b by the Director of Media and Information, Office of the SSAP Community Engagement Northeast, Umar Khaleepha.
Abba noted that the gesture is part of the ongoing commitment to empower small businesses.
“This initiative is a step toward helping small entrepreneurs overcome daily challenges like power shortages, enabling them to serve their communities more efficiently.
“Small businesses are the backbone of our local economies, and we are dedicated to providing the tools they need to succeed. This gesture is part of a larger mission to support and empower local business owners across the Northeast, ensuring they have the resources to thrive and grow,” he said.
Speaking at the event, the Director of Media, Khaleepha, who represented the presidential aide acknowledged the role of entrepreneurship in the development of the Northeast.
Abba said, “In continuation of the philanthropic gesture of the Senior Special Assistant to the President of Community Engagement for Northeast, we are here to officially commission the project, we have more than 200 generators.
“We want to use it to empower the youths most especially, the ones that have less capital as far as the barbing salon is concerned. We deem it fit to assist them with Tiger generators to boost their businesses.”
Recall that in a move to ameliorate the hardship faced by vulnerable Nigerians, the SSA, Abba, empowered 500 women and youths in Gombe State.