Adamawa releases N20m FADAMA III counterpart fund
Adamawa State Government has paid N20 million counterpart fund on the implementation of the FADAMA III Second Additional Financing (AFII) programme in a bid to fast-track efforts to restore people’s livelihoods in the state. Mr. Mohammed Bello, FADAMA Project Coordinator in the state, who disclosed this at the weekend in Yola while presenting a report to the FADAMA mission team led by Dr Ben Herbert, said the FADAMA III (AFII) project, also known as North East Security and Livelihood Emergency Support Project, was initiated to respond to the food and livelihood needs of families who were hitherto displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency. He noted that the feats recorded in the project encouraged the state government to pay the counterpart fund. “The scope and scale up of Fadama III (AFII) project activities in the six northeastern states of Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Taraba, Bauchi and Gombe is aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of the project. “Adamawa is one of the partici...