The Kano State Government says there is strong justification for a second phase of the Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project (KSADP), considering its achievements over the past five years.
The proposed second phase will likely include agricultural components that were not captured in the first phase, which is jointly financed by the state government, the Islamic Development Bank, and the Lives and Livelihood Funds (LLF).
The Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Danjuma Mahmood, made this known while receiving a delegation comprising officials from the Abuja Regional Hub of the Islamic Development Bank and the Federal Ministry of Finance. He said the state is motivated by the project’s substantial infrastructure achievements and its remarkable strides in improving access to sustainable livelihoods.
“The impact in terms of poverty alleviation is deep and significant. For instance, the project gives a woman a few goats, and within a year or less, the number of goats triples. This has a real impact in rural homes,” the Commissioner enthused.
Dr. Mahmood added that the state governor gives priority to all matters related to KSADP to ensure the timely delivery of results to farmers. He reaffirmed Kano’s commitment to working closely with the Islamic Development Bank and the LLF so that the state continues to benefit from development interventions.
The leader of the visiting mission, Daniyar Abylkhan, said they were in Kano to work with the Project Management Team of KSADP on the utilization of project savings, the exit strategy, and the unresolved issue of counterpart funding.
Abylkhan noted that the team had visited several project sites and witnessed the positive reception of KSADP initiatives by local communities.
“The Kano project has become a model to the extent that some states in Nigeria want the Islamic Development Bank to literally ‘copy and paste’ the project in their states,” he remarked.
