The Kano State Government has approved N500 million as counterpart fund for the implementation of a six-year World Bank assisted project, “Agro Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL)”.
The state commissioner for information, Malam Muhammad Garba, disclosed this to newsmen during a news briefing on the outcome of the State Executive Council’s meeting.
He said the project was aimed at increasing the adoption of climate resilience landscape management practices and enhancing livelihood in targeted arid and semi-arid watersheds in Northern Nigeria.
According to him, the project will consolidate the achievements recorded under the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) in Kano state.
The commissioner said the council also approved MoU between the Kano Government and Medina Academy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the physical teacher training of 5,000 teachers at Madina.
“The state government will be responsible for providing return air tickets, visas, training allowance to the first batch of 50 teachers that will attend the intensive training in Madina before Ramadan,” he said.
Garba said that the council approved the release of N94.9 million to facilitate the settlement of rent stores and garages in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for 2020 and 2021.
The commissioner revealed that the council approved the contract for the completion of dualization of the 5-kilometer road in Tofa local government area.
Another approval was for the release of funds for the training of healthcare personnel and a refund on stamp duty and educational support funds.
He added that the council approved internet service renewal and annual maintenance of ICT equipment and deployment of Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) software at Abdullahi Wase Teaching Hospital.
The rest were the engagement of consultants for the supervision of the proposed Kano state Fibre Optics Network Project and procurement of firefighting operational vehicles.
“Maintenance of 12 selected metropolitan roads, contract for management and maintenance of street lightening, fountain and landscape area of Dangi interchange and purchase of one unit 350 KVA MIKANO generate.
In 2021, the World Bank has approved a 700million dollar credit from the International Development Association for the ACReSAL project.
The project will increase the implementation of sustainable landscape management practices in northern Nigeria and strengthen the country’s long-term enabling environment for integrated climate-resilient landscape management.
The project, the bank said, will increase the implementation of sustainable landscape management practices in northern Nigeria and strengthen the country’s long-term enabling environment for integrated climate-resilient landscape management.”
