FCT minister doles out grants to 517 vulnerable people

No fewer than 517 vulnerable people in the FCT have benefitted from the second batch of FCT FADAMA CARES programme. The FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, at a symbolic disbursement held in Gwagwalada Area Council, emphasised that the event was another significant indicator of the unflinching determination of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration […]

No fewer than 517 vulnerable people in the FCT have benefitted from the second batch of FCT FADAMA CARES programme.

The FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, at a symbolic disbursement held in Gwagwalada Area Council, emphasised that the event was another significant indicator of the unflinching determination of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to take out 100 million Nigerians out of poverty and to generally improve livelihoods – particularly for poor and vulnerable households.

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The minister revealed that earlier in June this year the flag off ceremony of the programme was performed in Kwali Area Council, while pledging that the FCT Administration (FCTA) would continue to commit ample human and financial resources towards ensuring poverty reduction and improvement of livelihoods for poor and vulnerable agricultural households in the FCT.

She said, “The specific objective of the FCT FADAMA CARES programme is to increase food security and safe functioning of food supply chain in the FCT.

“The programme is deliberately designed to support the recovery of livelihood activities of poor and vulnerable persons engaged in agricultural value chains with, special consideration to women and unemployed youths.”

Also speaking, the FCTA Permanent Secretary, Adesola Olusade, noted that the federal government and the FCTA had invested time and resources in the FADAMA CARES programme and that it had started yielding tangible results.

In his remarks, Secretary, Agriculture and Rural Development, Malam Abubakar Ibrahim, reiterated that this achievement was another significant milestone in the effort of the FCTA towards supporting the attainment of food and nutritional security in the territory.