The State House of Assembly Committee on Public Accounts has pledged to partner Anambra Small Business Agency in training potential citizens of the state as employers of labour.
The Committee gave the assurance when the management of the Agency appeared before it for the verification of their audited 2017 financial transactions at the State House of Assembly complex in Awka.
The Committee after going through the synopsis of ASBA activities in 2017, in the year under review, appreciated it for properly executing Governor Willie Obiano’s programmes for the less privileged in the state by judiciously utilizing funds giving them in the year under review.
It charged the Agency to move from creating employment opportunities for unemployed youths in the state to building employers of labour as it is the surest way to tackle unemployment among youths.
The Committee also recommended that thirty percent of any fund given to ASBA in any fiscal year be channeled to the less privileged persons in the twenty one local government areas of the state at zero interest rate, while government should be able to bear such un-behalf of the downtrodden as it will encourage them to access loan for the purpose of productivity and improvement of their economic status.
The Chairman of the Committee, Honourable Charles Ezeani assured that the committee will always partner ASBA to live above expectations.
On his part, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Anambra Small Business Agency, ASBA, Mr. Clement Chukwuka told the committee that two billion naira loan they disbursed to youths across the state in 2017 enabled them to create over six thousand entrepreneurs in various fields of human endeavor.
Mr. Chukwuka explained that the Agency is moving forward to serve the people better in the areas of capacity building, Agriculture among others.
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