Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna state has tasked the 779 Kaduna entrepreneurship trainees to apply the business knowledge and skills garnered from their training to make money and become the richest men of their generation like Bill Gates and Alhaji Aliko Dangote.
Addressing the graduation ceremony of the 279 first intake of Kaduna Start-up Entrepreneurship Programme (KADSTEP) and induction of the second batch of 500 trainees, el-Rufai said his administration targeted to train 5,000 entrepreneurs drawn from youths in the state.
The Governor told both graduating and induction trainees that the present government sees the youths as the future, which explains why they are empowering aspiring youth entrepreneurs to access the various intervention funds available for micro and small businesses.
Hear him: “those of you graduating today therefore constitute a vanguard that has been empowered to make a difference. You have not been given handouts, but your government has provided you the knowledge capacity to thrive in challenging times. We trust that you will make the most of it. Some of you may falter before becoming the next Bill Gates and Aliko Dangotes of this world. But you have been given the tools to try.”