By Terna Chikpa, Jalingo
The Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscape (ACReSAL), a World Bank technical support mission working in Taraba state, on Thursday handed over a water Borehole to Turaki community of Jalingo LGA.
Dr Clement Yakubu Giwa the state project coordinator, represented by the project communication officer, Mr Bongni Emmanuel, noted during the exercise that the idea was to allow commurnities take ownership of all community projects in the state.
Giwa explained that benefiting communities would now take full responsibility of the projects by securing, maintaining and managing them except when it’s requires the assistance of ACReSAL.
“Our decision to hand over this project to the benefiting communities is to allow them take full ownership of the projects. This means, the benefiting commurnities will now take the whole responsibility of securing, maintaining and managing the projects.
“This decision affects all commurnities in our projects areas. ACReSAL will provide more projects to any community that take good care of the project,” the state project coordinator explained.
Responding on behalf of the community, Alhaji. Aminu Jauro Hassan, the Jalingo local government council chairman, represented by his deputy, Hon. Nathaniel Peter Ntani, and the Galadima of Muri, HRH. Abba Tukur Abba, both pledged to ensure that the project is well taken care of, to attract more developmental project to the community.
“We wish to commend governor Agbu Kefas through the Taraba State Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, Water Management and Aquatic Affairs, for attracting this World Bank project to Taraba.
“As a community, we will ensure that this project is well taken care of. We have already constituted a monitoring team that would as well, serve as security to ensure that the project is well handle to attract more,” the community leaders pledged.
