120 _._.~_==;..._.
Busi
________~ __________D_A_IL_y_ T_R_U_S_T_Th_"_rs_da_y,_N_ov_e_m_be_,
3_,_20_1_1
~'Ss
--.-------~--~---~-----------------
Livestock sellers lament low patronage in Benin LI VESTOCK ~l ~rs yesterday in Benin lamented tile low patronage of their I1lInJ and uilier livestock lIS Sallah appruache:.. AUnji Ibnhim Idris, the SecreturofUvtstockl.farketen;' Al.sociation AduWlIwa near Benin,told the News Ageng of Nigeria tha t the h.i gh p rias of rams and oth er animals we re res )onsl ble for th e low patronage. Idris said th: t buyen were complaining Ihl t there was no
money. adding that the situation was affectlnj the seUets as they too had (:;un i ies to provide for. He said, - RilIIl$ are so expensive this year, people are complaining that they do nol hal'C' money to buy. .....e do nol know ..... hat is happening. - I have been here since morning and have no t sold a s(ngle ram: all of us are experlencing the ume low sales_ "We th ought that the Presi-
dent would have done something about the Inflation, but up till now, th e inflation is still with us. Tdris u plained that the smallest ram, whieb sold for N IS,OOO last year "'-as now selling fo r N30,OOO while the medi um-sited ram sold fo r N30,OOO lasl yea r is now sold for between N40,OOO an d NSO,OOO. He said Ihat the prices of cows, goats and chickens 100 were equa ll y on the increase, addi ng
thaI only the wealt hy can afford
a cow. · We cannol buy our livestock at high rates and co me sell at a cheaper prices; we will nol get our CilpiLaI back o r even ta lk of making prolit,Rhe said. Mr Zekeri Hassan , a Muslim, $aid he was in market to buy ram fo r the Sallah celebration , but could not buy aoy because o f th e sharp increase in the prices. He said, "I use 10 buy ram eve ry
ye ar but this year I cannot afford it because the price they are givi ng me is too high. " I will jusl try to buy . small goat becaU5e o f my children, so that they will not go and be looking at olher people o r feel d isappointed." Hawn appealed 10 th e government to come to the aid ofNlgerians and said Ihat the suffering of the ptople was ~omlng unbearable. (NAN)
Centrleplans dialogue on Kanawa multi-billion naira market from Ibrahim Mu~G gin)'ll. Kano
THE Cent re fOI Resean:h and Documentations CRD) has concluded arnlngem" nts to organize a dialogue bet .....e!n the business comm unity amI stakeholders in the state on Ihe m Ilti-billion naira Kanawa market pi oject. Disdosing this (uring an interacth~ session with nt-wsmcn in KanG, the Acting E.s.:ccutivr: Director of OID Dr. Ismaila Zange said the untre's acthitic:s now invol~ business membership Nganlza.Lionsand othtt business-rela! ed issues. H~ Slid the Kallawa marke project being an irupoclant one wru. h when eecuted
,,",oold contn'bute 0 the economic da-dopment of the state. He laid the cmt 'e had conducted
a rescan:h on the issue andduting the dialogue. theoutcomeofthe research will be praentcd 10 the participants for their conskkrntion. Dr. Zanga also stated that the dialogue I"{mld invoh~ Manufacturtf$ Association of Nigeria (MAN), Kano Slate Ownber of Commerce. Industry. Mines and Agriculture (KACCI~{A), National Assodation
ofSmaU SWc lndustries(NASSI) and sutegD''O'TlII'lenl offidals with a view 10 prtMdingsolutioruito mucs rmcd. Th~
Kanawa markd project is
expected to gulp about N tS billion.
Work had commm~ at the site but wu Iilter abandoned, Daily Trust Ievnr.. Although, it wu th~ previous goo.nnmelUsinitiative, CRDbelie...-.:s something ought 10 be done on the
proj«t.
UBA ur veils Ruby Premium account for women from ka,ode Ekunl ayo, lagos UN ITED BanI. for Afri ca (U BA) o n Tue: d ay in Lagos la un ched a new I, remium prod . uct known as It by account to cater for t.he 'I'«ial needs or the womenfolk. Speakin g whi e na ggi ng off the ce r~mon y, Head. Group Retail Bankins D ivision , UBA C hidi Okpala 5.l1 J lh ~ introduc tio n was infor m !d by the need to pro\'lde convt nie nt banking for Wo m CII, ~sp~cially profes sional and busio{ uwomen, who place a premiLlO 'In convenience ban king. R\Vom en conlrol over 60 per cent o f h ousehol,1 expenditures. Apart from that. t1lcre has been an increase in the numbe r o f women in top (]jght uecut ive positions and more iuccessful se.lf· emplo)·ed.profe;.s onals. The new breeds of women are finan ciall y Independent and are contributing signinc.antl) 10 econ omiC growth and de·/elopment. The ~ arc th~ target m; l rk~1 for ruby, he explained While cal._ .~ on th e women
folk 10 seize t.h e opportunity offered by the rub y account, Mr. Okpala revealed th ai there are ollgoing discussions with ucitlng new putn ers in secto rs that are relevant to wom en and that partn erships and their benefits will be unfolded as discussions are finaliud. The ruby acco unt has un ique featur es th at set it apart from o th er banking pro du cts in t he industry. Su ch fea lu res include; Zero COT and attractive interest rates, custom ised debit cards and chequ e books, no limit on number of wit hdrawals or d eposits: up to SO'*' discounts o n servi ces from RUBY part ners such as AVIS, AA Rescue, BU PA , ACG World Concierge Services, Qatar Airways, Clen we nce Califo rn ia Spa and Wellness Resorl, MegaCare Pharmacy, and UBA Metropo litan Insurance. For women in busin ess. a website will be fully built fo r the m for free, courtesy o f Coogle. Cu sto m ~rs will also enjoy pre fe renlial pricing on the consum er loans of t he bank.
Adamawa apprenticeship scheme graduates 151 leT students TH.E Adamawa gove rnm e nt's oewly inlroduced Local Apprentices h ip Sch em e (LAS) hal graduated l S I students in Info r m ation and Commun ication Technology (lcr). The Project Manage r. Alhaji Sani ' ada , said y~sterday tha t the grad uands were the firsl batch oftra[nees unde r Ih ~ program nle. He said I.he sche m e was aimed al trainin g hundreds of unemployed r ouths in various ve n~u r ~s. such as t ailo ri ng, car-
penlry. welding. cateriog and hair d ressing. lada said the scheme h ad en gaged the services of 610 master trainers in the 2 1 local gover nmen t areu oFthe state 10 p rOvid e tnining to the apprent ices in t h~ir respecti ve local gove rnm ent areas. He said m ore than 4,000 apprentices in va rious tra d~s we re currentl y r~ceivi n g tr 3.ining under Ihe scheme_ 'ada re ilerat ~d gove rnm ent's readiness 10 pulner wit h NGOs
in p ro vid ing its teeming unemp loyed yout hs with skills. Mr. lohn Gaiya, who spoke on behalf of other g raduands, th anked the government for facilitati ng the scheme, and gave the assurance Ihal the knowledge acquired would help the m to set up th eir own businesses. T h e News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reporls that the $Chem~ is one of the gove rnm en t's poverty alleviallon and you th empowerment programmes. rNAN).
Fadama III disburses N231 mto associations in Niger THENatJonaiFadama Da-dopment Programme [(] (NFOP ill) sa}"s ithas disburse-dN23 1 million to 50 Fadama Community Associatio ns (FCAs) and 886 Fadama UseD Groups ( FUGs) in Nigu to boost food productio n in the state. Alhaj i Aliyu Kutigi. the Slate coordinator of the programme disclosed this in an interview \\;th the News Agency ofNi gerla (NAN) on Tuesday in Minn~ .. Under Fadama rn project, the sum ofNDI million hasbet.n
disbursed to 50 FCAs and 886 FUGs. from which 50 small scale community Infrastructure was implemented and 886 productive assrts was acquired." Hesaid that732, In FCAs and 650 FUGs in the2S Local GOI'emment Areas in the stale had benditted from th e project's supportive activi ties Including advisory services. agricultural Input suppen and c.apaciry building. The coord inalo r said thai Fadama m aimed at Increasing
th e Income of fum en through facilitating th e ImplemenLation of demand -driven investmen~ and the empowerment ofloca1 commun ity groups and to improve productivity. According to the coordinator, the programme is ~ing Im plemented 10 21 local government areas of Ihe stale whUe the . tale government hal included the remaining four local governments that ""ere n ot originaJ..Iy captured. (NAN)