….Project focuses on food security, sustainable environment
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the weekend presented five Toyota Hilux Van and one SUV Jeep to the state Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (Kwara ACReSAL) to ease the implementation of the programme across different communities in the state.
The Governor tasked the team to put the operational vehicles into good use.
Kwara ACReSAL is a World Bank assisted project jointly implemented through the Ministries of Environment and Forestry, Water Resources, and Agriculture and Rural Development.
The programme addresses the challenges of land degradation and climate change, such as food security, in Northern Nigeria on a multi-dimensional scale.
“We have purchased these vehicles to strengthen the activities of the core ministries and the SPU. We trust that you will put them to good use,” the Governor said in Ilorin at a brief ceremony attended by a few cabinet members.
Among the attendees were the Chief of Staff to the Governor Prince AbdulKadir Mahe; Senior Adviser and Counsellor Sa’adu Salau; Commissioner for Environment and Forestry and Chairman of the State Steering Committee for the project Nafisat Musa Buge; Commissioner for Water Resources Usman Lade; Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Toyosi Thomas-Adebayo; Special Adviser on Special Duties Alhaji Abdulrazhaq Jiddah; and Kwara ACReSAL Project Coordinator Alhaji Samsudeen Aregbe.
Buge said the gesture would ease the movement of the team and smoothen implementation of the project.
Aregbe said the project is about protecting the environment and boosting food security in the 19 Northern states of the federation and the FCT.
He said the committee has hit the ground running since their inauguration, pledging to work assiduously to achieve the objectives.
