By Mike Oboh
Kano State Deputy Governor Dr. Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna has revealed that the State Agro Pastoral Development Project (KSADP) in the year 2021 achieved 123.43% of its disbursement projection.
“There is no any agricultural project in the state that has attained this level. This feat of progress is the highest achieved by any Live and Livelihood Fund Project (LLF) funded by the Islamic Development Bank (ISDB) in Africa.”
“In my recent discussion with the ISDB Vice President and report reaching me from LLF, KSADP is the fastest project infact the progress made by it has gingered the Bank to support Kano State with various interventions such as Structure Agro Processing Zones, National Program for Food Security and Bilingual Project he said”.
The Deputy Governor who is also the Commissioner of Agriculture stated this on monday while chairing the State Steering Committee of the project meeting at the Government House, Kano.
He further said the project will be tasked in the year 2022 with the delivery of project outputs to the intended beneficiaries, adding that 2021 did not call for many oversights supervisory visits by the steering committee being a year for planning, designs, capacity building and strengthening of stock route committee members.
“2022 is going to add value to what the project has started and will be full of physical activities as the previous year has been for planning and consultancies he said “.
The Deputy Governor extended his appreciation to the State Government for the support given to the project to achieve its goals, he thanked the Steering Committee Members for their commitment and also lauded the Project team for the smooth implementation and successful completion of designs of some activities which include the drawings and bills for the Dansoshiya grazing development and Watari irrigation project 1000 hectares expansion.
