The Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory, Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide, has assured residents of the territory that the Administration was committed to wealth creation and employment generation.
Akinjide stated this on Friday at the commissioning of the Pottery Crank Wheel at the Pottery Centre, Giri Community in Gwagwalada Area Council.
Akinjide, who was represented by her Special Assistant on Area Councils, Alhaji Ibraheem Aminu Ibraheem, said the support of the FCT Administration for employment generation, poverty alleviation, business growth and wealth creation was consistent with the aspiration of the Federal Government to create employment for the growing youth population.
She said: “The FCT Administration is dedicated to ensuring the provision of an enabling environment for business growth in the territory for the benefit of the people especially the residents of communities.
“It is expected that the introduction and popularization of the pottery crank wheel would facilitate the resuscitation of cottage pottery production, attract new entrants, create jobs and eradicate poverty among the residents of the territory.”
The minister noted that the crank wheel was a mechanical device that would replace the drudgery and laborious process of traditional molding and forming techniques.
Akinjide said: “The pottery wheel enables the pottery to quickly form in minutes shapes which would otherwise have taken days to produce.
“The provision of this modern equipment to the Giri Pottery producers is imperative in order to create the enabling physical environment to encourage members of the cooperative group to operate under conditions that will generate ultimate productivity.”
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