World Bank Executes 62 Community Development Projects In Borno

The World Bank-assisted Community and Social Development Programme (CSDP) executed 62 social and economic development projects in Borno in 2018, the programme’s manager, Alhaji Ciroma Musa, has said.
Musa told newsmen yesterday in Maiduguri that the projects were executed in 30 selected communities in Dikwa, Chibok and Mobbar Local Government Councils.
He said that the projects covered the provision of  water, health, education, environment, shelter and livelihood support in the participating councils.
Musa said that the projects include: 31 microwater  projects; 16 drains and culverts, 13 market stalls and skills acquisition centres.
Others are: six  blocks of classrooms, and four health facilities equipped with medical equipment and drugs for  the benefiting communities.
Others were the construction of two sets of 10 housing units for resettlement of displaced persons in Dikwa; one feeder road, and one rural electrification project.
He said that there was also the provision of  livelihood support for displaced persons, persons with disability and the vulnerable.
Musa said that 42 of the 62 projects had been completed while the remaining 20 were at various stages of completion.
He said: “CSDP is a project funded by the World Bank aimed at poverty alleviation and providing social amenities to communities in the state.
“CSDP focused at improving access of the poor to natural and social infrastructure services with a very strong social inclusion mechanism.
“This is done through the promotion of Community Driven Development (CDD) for the improvement of the lives of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and vulnerable persons.