The North East Gonja District Assembly Distributed items to beneficiary groups to support Local Economic Activities (LED) in the District under the SOCO PROJECT.
The beneficiaries included sixty VSLA groups, thirty farmers, sixteen hairdressers, twenty people who are into Guinea fowl rearing, ten food vendors, sixty soap makers, sixty women who are into gari processing.
These support will enable individuals and groups to become more self-reliant and less dependant on external aid, providing them with the means to generate income will also help improve their livelihoods.
The DCE of the District (Hon. MOHAMMED MUSAH TINDAWU), Hon. MP. ALHASSAN ABDALLAH IDDI and The zonal Coordinator for SOCO satellite office Hon. MOHAMMED TAMIMU thanked the beneficiaries and appealed to them to put the items into a good use and also informed them that, the SOCO team will be visiting their various communities for monitoring.