ZAMFARA TO INAUGURATE SOCIAL PROTECTION COUNCIL SOON, SAYS SSG
The Zamfara State Government will soon inaugurate its first social protection council, the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Kabiru Balarabe has said.
Balarabe disclosed this in Gusau on Wednesday while declaring open five-day training for trainers on social inclusion and inclusive social protection.
The training was organised by Save the Children International an NGO funded by Foreign Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO).
The training which is part of the activities of Expanding Social Protection Inclusive Development (ESPID), a UKaid funded project has participants from social protection implementing MDAs in the state and Civil Society Organisations working on social protection.
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The SSG who described the training as timely reiterated the state government’s commitments led by Gov. Bello Matawalle to restore its glory as one of the most peaceful states in the country.
“The present administration in the state is open to all development partners to collaborate for the development of the state.
“Very soon, the state government will inaugurate its first social protection council to ensure effective coordination of social protection activities and programmes in the state’’, he said.
He commended the SCI for supporting the state in developing the capacity of the stakeholders through its laudable Child Development Grand Project (CDGP) and ESPID interventions.
In his remark, the State Head of Service, Alhaji Kabir Muhammad
said that the training came at the right time where all key stakeholders come together to work as a team to promote the livelihood of the society.
Muhammad called on the participants to concentrate and utilise the knowledge to be acquired in their various places of work.
“The composition of the participants represents the state civil service, so I am confident that the desired result would be realised.
“I believe the effort will enable for a proper coordination of all the Federal and State’s Social Interventions in the state’’, the head of service explained.
Malam Nasiru Biyabiki, the Chairman Zamfara Social Protection Platform (ZSPP), a Civil Society Network working to promote social protection activities in the state commended the state government for the gesture.
He commended the state government for providing enabling environment and open-door policy for development partners and civil society organisations working in the state.
Biyabiki also acknowledged the efforts of SCI for supporting the state to develop social protection laws and policies which according to him remained a force to reckon with for sustainable development.
Earlier, the Zamfara ESPID team, Nura Muhammad and Ese Awharitoma jointly affirmed the commitments of the project through SCI to continue building the capacity of the stakeholders on inclusive social protection throughout the extension period of the project.
