Kano pledges sustained partnership with international donor agencies
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Partnership
Kano, March 7, 2017 (NAN) The Kano State Government has on Tuesday pledged to continue to collaborate with international donor agencies for the development of the state.
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje said this at the two-day donors’ conference in Kano.
Ganduje said that the meeting, with theme “Fostering State Development Agenda”, would discuss issues concerning donations and assistance by the international organisations to the state.
He noted that some of the problems faced by the partnership were delays in releasing counterpart funds by the state government and economic recession in the country.
The state Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Hajiya Zubaida Abubakar, said the importance of the meeting was to know the actual contributions from all the donors that were partnering or coming to partner with the state.
She said that donations from the aid organisations were helping on addressing the critical socio-economic problems and would also help in development plan of the state.
She emphasised the state government’s determination to develop infrastructure in the state as part of initiatives to improve the welfare of the people. (NAN)
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Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola