The World Bank has disbursed N477.8 million to 42 communities and seven groups in Katsina State for projects under its supported Community and Social Development Projects (CSDP).
Alhaji Muhammad Abdulaziz, the cting General Manager, CSDP Katsina State, disclosed this on Friday at Randawa, Mani Local Government Area of the state, during the flag-off of Community Projects and Oando Foundation Partnership.
He said that the funds were disbursed from 2017 to date to the benefiting communities in six local government areas of the state, including Bakori, Danmusa, Kaita, Kankara, Mani and Rimi.
“N150.9 million was disbursed to further improve education sector, while the remaining N326.9 million was disbursed for execution of projects on health, electricity, water supply and access roads, among others.
“Therefore, going by estimate of impacting 3,500 persons per community, it could be said that about 150,000 poorest of the poor have been directly uplifted and hundreds of thousands indirectly impacted,” he said.
He revealed that the projects were Community Driven Development.
He also said that Oando Foundation partner with the Community and Social Development Agency to enhance the living condition of the citizens and provide them with infrastructure.
Gov. Aminu Masari thanked the foundation for the support and initiative which, he said, were aimed at improving the standard of education.
Masari, represented by the state Head of Civil Service, Alhaji Idris Tune, urged the benefiting communities to maintain the projects executed in their domain.
He also urged other organisations to emulate Oando Foundation by investing particularly in education sector for its role in nation building.
The Oando Foundation Programme Management represented by Ms Tonia Uduimoh, said that the foundation works in 23 states of the federation, which included Katsina.
Uduimoh said that the foundation adopted 88 public schools for their intervention.
According to her, in Katsina state, seven schools were selected to benefit from the foundation.
She said that the foundation support governments in Nigeria to improve the quality of education.
She added that they also provide scholarship to students, school infrastructure, digital literacy centres and build the capacity of teachers.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the state government and Oando Foundation for the implementation of the projects.
