Agege Local Government Area of Lagos State on Friday empowered another forty indigent residents, who are into private businesses with N100, 000(One Hundred Thousand Naira) each, bringing the number of recipients of its monthly financial empowerment programme to over three hundred.
The empowerment scheme is an initiative of the Alhaji Ganiyu Egunjobi led-administration aimed at supporting petty business owners and artisans.
Speaking at the presentation of the cash gifts to the new beneficiaries at the Council secretariat, Egunjobi said Agege local government under his leadership prioritised petty businesses and is out to support the owners and ensure the enterprises enjoyed low mortality rate.
He said the industry was critical to the economic growth of the area and the social well-being of its inhabitants adding that the council would stop at nothing to improve residents’ lots.
“Since I took over the reins in July of 2017, the Council has…
