Niger State Governor, farmer Mohammed Umaru has identified Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes ACReSAL as key partner in addressing some of the environmental challenges in the State.
The farmer Governor stated this when he received the Implementation Support Mission team for ACReSAL on a sympathy visit to him at his official residence in Government House Minna.
Farmer Bago who described ACReSAL as a wonderful initiative from the World Bank said, the scheme has tremendously assisted the State in various areas and called for stronger ties in order to sumount other challenges especially in areas connected with water treatment and transportation.
He appreciated the team for the sympathy visit and informed them that the State Government is working with the National Bureau of Statistics to work out how to ascertain the number of people who lost their lives in the Mokwa flood disaster and a-lot of advocacy is being carried out to move people out of flood plain areas.
Governor Umaru Bago also used the medium to restate the State Government’s plans to involve people into the State farming initiative to bring people out of poverty.
Task team leader of the Implementation Support Mission, ACReSAL, Dr. Joy Agene in her remarks said the visit to the Governor was to commiserate with the State over the unfortunate flood in Mokwa Local Government Area and used the opportunity to inform him of the team’s mission of assessing ACReSAL projects in the State.
She described Niger State as formidable partner that has shown commitment to addressing environmental challenges as well as other issues as it affects human lives.
