By Abdulsalam Muhammad

KATSINA – President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Katsina promised to harness available resources to end poverty in the country.

The number one citizen who declared opened Katsina Economic and Investment Summit noted that the action was achievable through job creation.

The President who was in Katsina barely 7 months into his administration stated that “creating employment is the biggest way to escape poverty.

The President however declared that the desire to free Nigerian from the shackles of poverty would be realisable through active private partnerships.

President Buhari further stressed that the expectation are high adding that the Federal government alone can not deliver without the intervention of private sector.

Buhari assured on the readiness of the Federal Government to partner with any state government with laudable initiatives, like Katsina example, for the economic growth of the country.

The President who acknowledged the bigger role of the private sector further appealed to them to employ the needful in Nigera’s industrialization effort.

Speaking earlier, Katsina state Governor Aminu Bello Masari revealed that the essence of the historic summit was to stimulate local investment for direct foreign intervention.

The Dalatun Katsina reeled out concession ranging from tax holiday, provision of free land to would be investors in the state.

Governor Masari revealed that the state was and is still blessed with natural resources and that it had comparative advantage that steered the state out of poverty.

Masari unveiled Katsina Development plan that capture roadmap for economic development of the state within the next four years.

Katsina Economic and Investment Summit which had Vanguard as partners had in attendance leading light in the private and public sectors.