Ondo State Government has expressed its readiness to participate actively in the Federal Government/IFAD/NDDC, USD10 Million Agricultural transformation Project, Life – ND
Commissioner for Agriculture, Asiwaju Adegboyega Adefarati gave the assurance while hosting the team from FG/IFAD/NDDC(L-ND) in his office in Akure.
The commissioner who expressed confidence in the ability of the state Government to pay its counterpart fund as and when due judging by its previous performance said Agriculture is the main focus of the Akeredolu led administration to create massive employment and poverty reduction.
Adefarati who gave the assurance said the state is better placed to perform exceedingly well in this new programme especially now that the project is coming at a very critical time in the life of the current administration with a renewed vigour to achieve its agricultural policy of food sufficiency, poverty reduction and improve living standard for farmers.
He commended the partners for being gender sensitive for allocating not less than 6O per cent of its funds to women saying the wife of the Governor, Betty Anyanwu- Akeredolu would extremely be happy with the development.
Earlier, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Alhaji Boluwaduro Kunle Sanni while welcoming the team said the state is ever ready to accept inputs and partner federal government and development partners in all areas especially in Agricultural sector to be most agricultural productive state in Nigeria.
He assured the team that the state will give the FG/IFAD/NDDC L-ND the best push it deserved in order to continue to benefit from similar gestures in future.
In her response, the team leader of four-man- team, Mrs Ngozi Ohaechesi said they are in the state to conduct interview for personnel that would man the L- ND Project in the state.
The team is made up of officers from the Federal Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development, Federal Ministry of Finance, IFAD and Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC.
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