Adamawa Fadama III AF and service delivery

The Adamawa Fadama 111 AF is impacting the lives of the people through various forms. The Fadama 111 AF has recently waged a war in alleviating the poverty ravaging the people, especially those who are in the hotbed of the Boko Haram insurgency such as Madagali, Michika and neighbouring towns.
Recently, the Adamawa Fadama 111 AF under the State Programme Manager, Alhaji Mohammed Kabiru Bello, has greatly touched the lives of the people by the introduction of programmes like rearing of sheep and goats, provision of insecticides and equipment for agricultural production as well as in house training for those who are willing to engage in agriculture. The team in Adamawa state has been tested and proved to be specialists in various agricultural fi elds, who are working round the clock to achieve the World Bank goal of enhancing agriculture.
The Adamawa Fadama 111 AF has gone into partnership with a lot of organisations in its efforts to boost agricultural activities in line with the drive of the Muhammadu Buhari administration for people, especially the youths, to engage in farming.
The Adamawa Fadama 111 AF is one of the best in the country as it is living up to its expectation in terms of offering service and training to the people. It has also spread its tentacles to encompass giving out soft loans in both cash and kind for the unemployed to be fully productive within its mandate. It is imperative to stress the basic and fundamental point in regards to the availability of experts in different fields that are willing to streamline and offer their services to the teeming people without much problem. Extension services were also extended to a lot of communities in Adamawa state on ways to increase yield of farm crops, piggery, fish farming, etc. The efforts of the programme towards sustainable food for all is a clear testimony of the commitments of the programme manager of the Fadama and his management staff to the project.
One of the most important things done by the Fadama 111 AF in Adamawa state is the training in different aspects of agriculture organised for the benefit of the people, which has gone a long way in capacity building of the people to be selfreliant. Abdullahi Mohammed, who has benefited from the programme of rearing of domestic animals like sheep, described Fadama 111 AF as one that is best for the country. This is because it is a programme that reaches the remotest parts of the country. The role being played by Fadama in Adamawa state cannot be over-emphasised for the fact that success cannot made without the cooperation of the management and the programme manager, who is a renowned agriculturist and highly committed to achieving the set goals of the World Bank and the Adamawa State Government that is paying counterpart funding to deliver the core mandate.
There is, therefore, the need for government to extend the tenure of Fadama 111 AF for another five years for greater impact on the lives of the people of the state to fully engage in agricultural ventures so that we will have self sufficiency in food and even export same. It is also good to stress the point that Fadama 111 would continue to play a crucial role in promoting agriculture and it is imperative for government to inject more funds into the programme so that a lot of people can benefit from this laudable programme that can curtail the quest for white collar jobs that are nowhere to be found. Usman Santuraki, No2, Santuraki Close, Demsawo, Jimeta, Yola

 

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