He urged the freed inmates to use the money as start-up capital to rebuild their lives.
Mr Dabo said technology-driven cooperatives would enhance agricultural productivity, financial inclusion and rural development.
NYSC has appealed to the Kaduna government to provide a permanent orientation camp, iron bunk beds, and monthly stipends for corpers members.
Mr Gwadabe reiterated that pilgrims are allowed only 23 kilograms for each of their two bags, while their hand luggage should not exceed eight kilograms.
The UK also announced deeper collaboration on Nigeria’s digital economy through the SPRIRET initiative, delivered under the UK’s Digital Access Programme.
Mr Ahmed noted that Birnin Gwari was among 12 local government areas that had not recorded a completed kilometre of road construction in the last 12 years.
According to him, one of the interventions was signing an executive order to reduce tuition fees by 50 per cent across all state-owned tertiary institutions.
Governor Uba Sani has given each pilgrim from the state performing the 2026 hajj 300 Saudi Riyals to support their welfare during the pilgrimage.
Mr Abubakar noted that the governor had constituted a Special Hajj Committee which he chairs, to sanitise all aspects of pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia in December 2023.
The sports director in Kaduna, Mary Vayin, has reiterated the state’s commitment to reviving sports under Governor Uba Sani’s administration.
