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Katsina Gets Agency For World Bank Projects
The Katsina State Government has established an agency to oversee the activities of the Community and Social Development Projects (CSDP) of the World Bank.
Known as Community and Social Development Agency (CSDA), it was established to facilitate the implementation of CSDP programme in the state’s 25 local government areas.
The General Manager of the agency, Alhaji Salisu Yar’Adua, told the The Tide’s source in Katsina that it would be more active in areas that had not participated in the Local Empowerment and Environmental Management Project (LEEMP).
He said the agency was established in Katsina, being one of the 28 states participating in the CSDP, and financed by the World Bank to the tune of $200 million nationwide.
“Ideally, the agency is to continue with the projects started under LEEMP, which had closed down in June last year,” he added.
Yar’Adua said the projects, which were also being co-financed by the state government to the tune of N100 million yearly, were in the areas of water supply, education, health, electrification, environment and natural resources.
He promised that necessary arrangements had been concluded for the take-off of the programme once all the staff deployed to the agency had assumed office.
Yar’Adua said the state government would strive to build on the success achieved by LEEMP with the assistance of experienced personnel.
NAN reports that 15 officers from various ministries and departments were deployed to the agency.