Ramadan; Good Samaritan empowers over 50 Muslims with zakkat to expand their business

By Gambo Abubakar Kaduna

As part of this year's zakkat distribution which is one of the strong pillars of islam , a Good Samaritan has donated cash and other working tools with the aims of  empowering  youths and women to strengthen them ,so as to expand their little business and to make it stand - strong

Mallam Abdullahi mohammed sufi  is One of the directors at the  interfaith mediation center Kaduna who  on  behalf of the donor ( Name withheld) has  donated cash to over 50 citizens  of Kaduna state north western Nigeria as part of his annaual Ramadan zakkat distribution towards empowering more small and medium business in the society.

According to him, the cash donation is aimed at helping those with little skills and local business in the societies to enabled them stand -strong and not to allow them crash down due to little capital bedeviling the expanding of their business in the society.

Among the women and youths with little business that were empowered are shoe makers, food vendors ,online business, saloon and hair dressing, poetry and other skills

The target was  to enable them have capital that can help them stand on their own, despite challenges affecting the survival of small skill business across the country.

Adding also that ,they want  to see the progress they are making which include  expanding in their business

Mallam sufi equally called on other wealthy individuals in the society to always assist people with little capital to expand, so that they too would be helping others in the future

While appealing to state and federal government to always find means of creating enabling environment  for small and medium seize business

One of the recipient Nafisa zakari ya’u who is doing an online business in Kaduna expressed satisfaction with the assistance given to her

Stressing that ,the help would definitely assist her in boosting her business that is facing series of challenges

She promised to see her business booming like any other online business transaction,so that she could equally give zakkat to other individuals in the society

Nafisa hope to be one of the best business online entrepreneurs that would be supply goods from Europe to Africa if her business expands

She ended by appealing to all wealthy muslims leaders across African Nations to always donate their zakkat to small skill and medium seize business men and women to enable them stand strong irrespective of economic crisis in the country.