The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), in Nigeria has revealed that it had allocated 4.5 million dollars to the FCT Fadama COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (CARES) Project for the implementation of three disbursement linked indicators.
The Mandate Secretary for FCTA Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat, Alhaji Abubakar Ibrahim, made the disclosure at a sensitisation workshop on FCT Fadama CARES for top policy makers in the FCTA and Area Councils.
Ibrahim explained that FCT CARES Programme was a World Bank budget support to the FCT Administration for non-discretionary expenditure targeted at supporting existing and newly emerging vulnerable.
Ibrahim explained that the 4.5 dollars allocated to the Fadama CARES Project was out of a total allocation of 15 million dollars from the World Bank.
“This underlines the significance accorded agricultural development in the territory, and the need for us to continue to demonstrate our appreciation of this high level of confidence reposed in us, by rededicating ourselves to the diligent discharge of our assigned responsibilities.
“The World Bank, it is to be noted, has set a target of providing grants support to 12,283 individual farmers as well as the upgrading of 17 wet markets for the FCT Fadama CARES office.”
Ibrahim, who used the occasion to inaugurate the FCT Fadama CARES Technical Committee to provide strategic policy orientation and guidance to the FCT Fadama project office in the implementation of its programme under Result Area two.
The Secretary called on members of the committee to bring their respective knowledge and experiences to bear towards supporting the successful implementation of Result Area two in the FCT.
Ibrahim said that FCT Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat was always ready to provide FCT Fadama CARES with the necessary technical and financial support to ensure it succeeds in delivering this vital project.
“We are confident that the FCT-CARES team has what it takes to deliver the Project as planned” he said.
He also assured of the unflinching commitment of the FCT Administration and indeed the FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, and the Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, towards ensuring the successful implementation of the programme.
Building key programmes
Earlier, the FCT Fadama CARES Coordinator, Mr Usman Adangara, explained that the programme was designed to further build the capacities of key programme stakeholders who are expected to play significant roles during the course of implementation of the result area two.
“The objective of FCT CARES Result Area Two which Fadama is implementing is to increase food security and safe functioning of food supply chain.
“With diverse stakeholders at different levels, it becomes necessary to sensitise these stakeholders from the beginning of programme implementation”, Ibrahim explained.
Emmanuel Ukoh
