Ebonyi State Government, Mr Francis Nwifuru in collaboration with the World Bank, has commenced training and disbursement of funds of the one hundred Communities qualified for the twelve million and five hundred thousand naira community development projects.
Flagging off the training in Abakaliki, the State Capital, the Governor stated that the event anchored by Ebonyi State Community and Social Development Agency, EB-CSDA in collaboration with Ministry of Human Capital Development and Monitoring, would not tolerate sharp practices.
Nwifuru who was represented at the event by the State Commissioner for Human Capital Development and Monitoring, Mrs Ann Aligwe, said that the programme was in line with the People’s Charter of Needs agenda.
She charged the benefiting communities to make judicious use of the fund to execute their choice projects.
She stressed that the fund would be paid into communities’ account after the training and warned the benefiting communities against poor execution of projects, stating that government would not tolerate sharp practices.
The General Manager, Ebonyi state Community and social Development Agency, EB-CSDA, Mr James Iroh, said that fifteen members of Community Project Management Committee were selected from each of the communities for the training, to ensure proper monitoring and implementation of the projects and added that with the support of NGOs and units that the project would be properly supervised according to global standards.
The chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ebonyi state chapter, Comrade Samson Nwafor who is also the chairman, implementation committee of Amuzu Community in Ezza South Council Area described the training as impactful, stating that the opportunity was to direct committee on the best approach to execute the project.
He promised to protect them for the fulfilment of the purpose it was established.
Also, Mr Ewa Nworie, who represented Eka-Awoke community in Ikwo, and Mrs Nwabugo Nwankwo of Ezza-Ofu Community in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi state said the intensive training was meant to empower the committees with the prerequisite knowledge on how to carry out the world Bank Assisted projects in their various communities in line with the world Bank approved standard and promised to carry the assignment optimally.
Voice of Nigeria reports that the one day training programme was organised for community project management committee (CPMCs), Local Government Desk Officers,(MDA DOCs) in the third batch of 54 communities that qualified for Agency support under the NG-CARES
programme of World Bank Assisted Projects.
