Niger Delta
Delta To Empower 2,500 Artisans In 2022

Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has announced that his government would give financial assistance to 2,500 artisans in 2022 to stimulate the growth of small and medium enterprises in the state.
Okowa announced this while speaking at Artisans Day celebration held at the Cenotaph in Asaba, the Delta State capital.
He said that the financial assistance would be given to the beneficiaries as grant to enable them develop their businesses, adding that the 2,500 persons would be carefully selected across artisans in the state and from different enterprises.
According to him, there will be budgetary provision for the financial support to the artisans in the 2022 budget, and the money for the assistance to the 2,500 artisans will be released between March and April next year.
The governor also disclosed that the state government would in 2023 increase the number of artisans that would benefit from the financial support.
A statement by the Delta State government quoted Okowa as saying:
“The artisans are the growth pole that we have in this country. Many sectors of this nation, including the federal government, need to realise the need to mobilise the artisans so that we can grow our people into greater businesses.’’
Okowa encouraged the artisans to be dedicated to their businesses and ensure that they succeeded, saying:
“I can see from going through the various stands that you people are out for serious business. Now I know that Delta state would soon explode for good in future.”
On his part, the chairman of Artisans Association in the state, Chief Ifeanyi Abanum, said that Okowa had done exceptionally well in transforming the state.
“Under your watch, the artisans’ body was recognised and inaugurated. You did not only give us job as a body, you appointed some of us into your administration.”
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