The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Thursday empowered about 9,170 farmers and other vulnerable residents with various farm inputs......See Full Story>>.....See Full Story>>
The FCT Minister of State, Dr Mariya Mahmoud made this disclosure when she symbolically presented the items to some of the beneficiaries at Fadama office in Gwagwalada.
The programme that came under the Fadama CARES programme is said to provide both farmers and vulnerable people with succor that will alleviate their economic hardships.
Her words: “The programme is deliberately designed to support the recovery of livelihood activities of poor and vulnerable persons engaged in agricultural value chains with special consideration to women and unemployed youth.
“Its implementation will be anchored on the World Bank community driven development approach for deployment of programme investments at the community level”.
She further noted that the programme is another significant indicator of the unflinching commitment of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, towards ensuring sustainable food production through his administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
“It is in line with Mr. President’s strategic vision that the FCT Administration under the leadership of the Hon. Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike, is committing significant resources towards ensuring sustainable agricultural production as a panacea for poverty reduction and improvement of livelihoods for poor and vulnerable agricultural households in the FCT through the FCT Fadama CARES programme.
“This indeed is a clear indication of our administration’s commitment towards ensuring sustainable agricultural production for the attainment of food and nutritional security, poverty reduction and improved livelihoods,” she added.
Also Speaking, the Mandate Secretary Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat, Hon. Lawan Kolo Geidam, informed the minister that under the fourth batch of disbursement of grants to FCT Fadama CARES, 82 farmers community associations across the 6 area councils have been selected to benefit.
He, further said that within the period of one year, 12,436 bags of NPK, 6218 bags of Urea, 18,654 litres of agro chemicals, 43,526 kg of assorted seeds, 55,400 day old chicks and 7,756 bags of poultry feeds and 81,800 Juveniles (cat fish) and 2,045 bags of fish feed have been disbursed under Disbursement Linked Indicator (DLI) 2.1.
“Under DLI 2.3, 3690 Goats, 3212 sets of Farm Assets (Sprayers, Personal Protective Equipment, and Water Pumps and Accessories), 1006 Grinding Machines and 22 units of 2MT/hour multipurpose threshers were disbursed, while water and sanitation facilities have been provided in 10 Wet Markets across the 6 Area Councils,” he affirmed.