Katsina Govt. disburses N3.6bn to 361 wards for minor works
Katsina Govt. disburses N3.6bn to 361 wards for minor works
The Katsina State Government, says it has disbursed N10 million to each of the 361 wards across the 34 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the state, to execute minor works, totaling N3.6billion.
The Co-ordinator of the state’s Community Development Programme (CDP), Dr Kamaludeen Kabir, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Katsina on Tuesday.
According to him, the fund was disbursed to the wards as part of Gov. Dikko Radda’s commitment to turning the state into a community-driven development.
Kabir further disclosed that the funds were provided to the wards for minor repairs, especially the repairs of minor damages in schools or health centres in various communities.
He explained, “Before the initiative, when a borehole or water pumps were faulty, instead of them to be repaired because they will not require huge money, they will just be abandoned.”
According to him, through his office, such minor issues would always be addressed before they cause serious damage and attract huge amounts of money.
“As I speak to you, we started less than seven months ago, but today, no single ward doesn’t have N10 million in their account to do minor works, and it’s at their discretion to decide what they want to do.
“This programme is an initiative by Gov. Dikko Radda to turn the state into community driven development.
“We want to make sure that in every community there is a government.
“There’s a government in the sense that there are staff and a structure there to regulate more schools that operate in that community.
“In this programme, we have so many definitions of community, but in our own aspect, for easy managing, we adopt the 361 wards that we have in the state as community,”Kabir said.
He stated each ward was now regarded as a community under this programme, saying, “because it is a micro society, so they share some level of ethics and values within that particular area.”
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The CDP coordinator explained that the programme was operated under three committees, which include a steering committee, headed by the Governor, who oversees the entire programme.
According to him, the second committee is that of joint planning, that actually plans for what happens in terms of resource management,adding,” “because there are projects that are meant for the local government.
“This joint planning committee chaired by the Deputy Governor, Malam Faruq Jobe, is responsible for differentiating who does what and with which resources.
“And then the last committee is that of community level, which is the ward level committee.
“That is to show you the level of seriousness the governor has on this programme at the moment.”
