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Damaturu, Nov. 12, 2016 (NAN) Alhaji Musa Garba, Yobe Coordinator of Fadama lll says additional agricultural project will be implemented in 103 communities to improve the well-being of insurgency victims.
Garba made this known in Damaturu on Saturday when he received the National Fadama lll Desk officer, Mr Ibrahim Alkali.
He said that the Additional Financing ll1 Project would be implemented to promote agricultural activities and food security.
Garba gave the assurance that facilitators in the state project office would provide technical assistance to the benefitting communities.
Alkali, on his part, said that Fadama national office would continue to give its full support to the state in the drive to succeed in agricultural development.
He said that the payment of N20 million counterpart funds by Yobe Government would facilitate the commencement of the project in the state.
Alkali said the measures taken in the Fadama lll project between 2008 and 2013 by the state government that brought about successes would also be used to execute the new projects.
The Fadama desk officer solicited for a cordial working cooperation between the state office and the benefitting communities for the success of the programme. (NAN)
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Edited by Ismail Abdulaziz/Morayo Omolade