..…Extends Support to 77 Additional Communities
By Laraba Usman
Governor Inuwa Yahaya, has approved the release of N693,000,000.00 to the Gombe State Agency for Community And Social Development ( CSDA) for the third batch of intervention under the GO-CARES Programme.
The General Manager of the CSDA, Malam Haruna Imam disclosed this at the end of a training for community groups and project management committees and sub committee heads on micro projects implementation across seventy seven additional communities.
Imam further revealed that the release of the funds by Governor Inuwa Yahaya followed the successful implementation of projects executed by the CSDA under the GO-CARES Programme.
He commended the Governor for supporting the CSDA projects, saying Gombe State is performing greatly among the participating states.
The General Manager explained that the training is to enlighten benefitting communities on the concepts of project cycles, roles and responsibilities, sustainability and maintenance, community procurement, financial management and book keeping.
He expressed satisfaction over the inclusion of their various communities to benefit from the intervention which cut across health, education, nutrition and water.
He urged the committees to maintain standard and ensure that they monitor the execution of the project to completion and ensure sustainability.
