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FCT Fadama Office Tasks Desk Officers, Facilitators
The FCT Fadama Office on Thursday charged its desk officers and facilitators to educate communities on the monitoring and evaluation of sub-projects.
Alhaji Abdullahi Salisu, the FCT Coordinator of the Fadama III programme, gave the directive in Gwagwalada at the commencement of a two-day training workshop for desk officers and facilitators of the programme.
Salisu said the approach would ensure successful assessment of project implementation at the community level.
Salisu said the training became necessary due to the need to build the capacity of the communities and prepare them towards the production of fundable Local Development Plans (LDPs).
He said the LDPs were the only recognised documents through which funds could be accessed by participating communities.
According to him, the task of the desk officers and the facilitators is to screen LDPs prepared and submitted by the communities to ensure conformity with the specified criteria before recommending them for approval.
“From the forgoing, you will agree with me that the two categories of officers attending this training have critical roles to play in the successful implementation of this programme.
“This training, therefore, is expected to help them build and use monitoring and evaluation skills to track and measure successes achieved at various levels of sub-project implementation process.
“It is also intended to help them in consensus building, ensure the application of result-based monitoring and evaluation principles at the community level as well as enhance quality of participation, transparency and accountability,” Salisu said.
The Fadama boss said monitoring and evaluation of the projects was critical to determining success or failure.
Earlier in his remark, Dr. Mike Uwazie, the Director, FCT Agricultural Development Project (ADP), called on the participants to ensure that their respective local communities were trained on sub-project monitoring and evaluation.
Uwazie, also represented by Salisu, said the successful implementation of sub-projects at the community level rested squarely on the communities, hence the need to prepare them for the task ahead.
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Kenyan Runners Dominate Berlin Marathons
Kenya made it a clean sweep at the Berlin Marathon with Sabastian Sawe winning the men’s race and Rosemary Wanjiru triumphing in the women’s.
Sawe finished in two hours, two minutes and 16 seconds to make it three wins in his first three marathons.
The 30-year-old, who was victorious at this year’s London Marathon, set a sizzling pace as he left the field behind and ran much of the race surrounded only by his pacesetters.
Japan’s Akasaki Akira came second after a powerful latter half of the race, finishing almost four minutes behind Sawe, while Ethiopia’s Chimdessa Debele followed in third.
“I did my best and I am happy for this performance,” said Sawe.
“I am so happy for this year. I felt well but you cannot change the weather. Next year will be better.”
Sawe had Kelvin Kiptum’s 2023 world record of 2:00:35 in his sights when he reached halfway in 1:00:12, but faded towards the end.
In the women’s race, Wanjiru sped away from the lead pack after 25 kilometers before finishing in 2:21:05.
Ethiopia’s Dera Dida followed three seconds behind Wanjiru, with Azmera Gebru, also of Ethiopia, coming third in 2:21:29.
Wanjiru’s time was 12 minutes slower than compatriot Ruth Chepng’etich’s world record of 2:09:56, which she set in Chicago in 2024.
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