Gombe restates commitment to success of Social Investment Programmes
The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi says the present administration of Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya is committed to the success of Social Investment Programmes in the State.
The Chief scribe gave the assurance when he received in audience a Monitoring team from the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs Disaster Management and Social Investment who are on a five-day working visit to the State.
Njodi said the State is appreciative of the Programmes of the Ministry which are mostly geared towards empowerment and Social investment for the People especially the youth, and the vulnerable in the society.
The Programme according to the SSG include, Npower, School Feeding Programme, Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) and Government Economic Empowerment Programme all targeted at improving the lives of the vulnerable in Society.
While commending the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social investment for prioritising Gombe State in the implementation of the lofty Programmes, Njodi assured of the State government’s readiness to play it part in ensuring the successful implementation.
The leader of the Monitoring and Evaluation of NSIP Programmes, Barrister Adamu Modibbo had earlier told the SSG that they were in the Gombe to assess the level of implementation and challenges of the various empowerment initiatives of the Ministry.
Barrister Adamu Modibbo noted that there are shortfall of Pupils participation in the School Home Grown feeding Programme and called on the Federal Government to scale up to accommodate more Pupils in the State.
He adjudged Gombe State as the best in the Country in the area of Programmes implementation and assured of continued support of the Ministry to the State.
The team visited Billiri, Kwami, Kaltungo, Funakaye and Yamaltu Deba Local Governments.
The visit had in attendance the Special Adviser Social investment Hajiya Dijatu Bappa, State Chairman of Aggregators Ambassador Abdullahi S. Marafa and other top Government functionaries.
Joshua Danmalam
Information officer SSG’S Office.
