The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) management has reiterated commitment to the $129.17 million agricultural projects in the oil-rich Niger Delta. NDDC NigerDelta Nigeria
NDDC’s Acting Managing Director, Professor Kemebradikumo Pondei, said the interventionist agency remained committed to its partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on the $129.17 million Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises Programme in the region.
Represented by the commission’s Director, Agriculture and Fisheries, George Ero, the NDDC boss said the LIFE-ND project was planned with a financing gap of six years, adding that it had both a first phase of six years, with parallel financing from the agency to the tune of $30 million and an additional six years to be financed in the future by other partners and an additional IFAD loan.
The National Project Coordinator for LIFE-ND programme, Sanni Fatai, stressed that the project would enhance the income, food security and job creation for rural youths and women through agricultural enterprise development on a sustainable basis in the area.In her remarks, IFAD Country Representative, Nadine Gbossa, pointed out that the programme would provide more opportunities to the youths and women in the region.
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