Kwara boosts Fadama with N179m
The Kwara Fadama III project has disbursed over N179 million in the last one year, as the wife of Kwara State Governor, Mrs. Omolewa Ahmed, commissioned the Irewolede Vegetable Women Project in Lasoju-Otte, Asa Local Government Area of the state.
At the commissioning yesterday, Mrs. Ahmed said the fund has been used to provide 24 boreholes, 40 wells, construction of 7km of rural access roads, six lock¬up shops, two mini bridges, cooling sheds, over 30 agro-processing centres two feted mills and varying quantities of agro-inputs.
According to her, others are setting up of 15 fisheries, 10 poultry sub-projects, two veterinary clinics and "of course the provision of capacity building and advisory services, among other interventions.no hesitation in approving the release of the outstanding N80 million state government counterpart fund contribution," she remarked.
The state Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Alhaji Mohammed Issa Babakpan, in his address stated that Fadama III project was to increase the income of users of rural land and water resources on a sustainable basis.
According to the commissioner, by increasing their incomes, the project will help reduce rural poverty, increase food security and contribute to the achievement of major millennium development goals (MDGs).
Earlier in his welcome address, the state project coordinator Mr. Usman Akanbi, said that Fadama project in the state has contributed in no small measure in complementing the laudable efforts of the government in its rural transformation.
He explained that the 16 local government areas are currently benefiting from the World Bank sponsored Fadama III project in the state.
The chairperson, Asa Local Government Area, Hajia Kudirat Yahaya, commended the state government for lifting the living standard of the women in the state.
By Kayode Olasehinde & Funke Duro-Lawal (The Herald)
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Olabode George Towoju Kwara Teaching Service Commission Facebook Sola Saraki Educational Foundation Amusa Bello Ishaq Oloyede Kayode Bankole Olayinka Are AbdulHamid Adi Yunus Oniboki Maryam Nurudeen Nigeria Governors\' Forum IsDB Hamza Usman Magaji Erubu Centre For Digital Economy Ahmad Belgore Elerin Of Adanla Dauda Adeniran Adeshola Saheed Akinwumi Tafida Of Kaiama Saadu Gbogbo Iwe Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency Aisha Gobir Bukola Saraki Salihu Jibril Garbi Naira Redesign Ilorin Airport United Nigeria Congress Party Samuel Olusegun Adedayo Offorjama Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu Sunset Workers Ubandawaki Mogaji Aare Adaramaja Sabo-Oke Kisra S.O. Opowoye KwaraLearn Oke-Ode FOMWAN Mufutau Olatinwo General Hospital, Offa Oladimeji Thompson Chemiroy Nigeria Limited Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye Mohammed Abduraheem Ibraheem Abdullateef Ishola Balogun Fulani Yusuf Amuda Abubakar Ilorin Central Mosque Congress For National Consensus Busari Toyin Isiaka Taofeek Ibraheem Kwha.gov.ng Temitope Ogunbanke Face Masks KWASIEC Bashiru Makama Benin Republic Lanre Issa-Onilu UNILORIN Alumni Ramadhan Babatunde Ishola Babaita Hajj Jani Ibrahim Esuwoye Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory Kayode Yusuf Aminat Omodara Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade Tunji Olawuyi Lanre Olosunde Suraj Tunji Oyewale Shero Baakini