Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project, KSADP, has announced on Friday, the award of contracts, totaling N6,036,334,688. 66, for projects across several local government areas of the state.
This was contained in a statement, signed and sent to BizPoint by Ameen K. Yassar, Communication Specialist of the project in Kano on Sunday.
The projects, according to Yassar, include development of a total of 1,006 hectares irrigation structures, at sectors 9-14 at Watari irrigation scheme, Bagwai Local Government area.
The other project, according to him, is the construction of 40 Milk Collection Centers at different locations, spreading across 15 Local Government areas of the state.
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Giving the breakdown of the fund, Yassar explained that the Watari infrastructure projects would cost the sum of N4,539,501, 897.08, while the 40 Milk Collection Centers would be constructed at the total cost of N1,496,832,791.58.
He disclosed that funding for the interventions would be provided by the Islamic Development Bank and the Lives and Livelihoods Fund, LLF, as part of a broad vision to enhance agricultural productivity, ensure food and nutrition security as well as improving income generation for small-holder farmers and herdsmen.
The projects, which had been awarded to eight, separate indigenous contractors, would begin in September, 2022 and be completed by September-December, 2023.
“The investment is predicted to impact thousands of farmers and pastoralists, thus, revitalizing the economy of Kano,” party of the statement reads.
Speaking shortly after signing the contracts, coordinated by the Kano State Ministry of Justice, the State Project Coordinator, KSADP, Ibrahim Garba Muhammad said the occasion was a significant step towards revamping agriculture in the state.
“These interventions, which will soon be followed by other activities, will surely bring about change in the agricultural fortunes of Kano and will lift a significant number of our people out of poverty,” Muhammad was quoted as saying in the statement.
He, therefore, urged the contractors to see the projects as service to humanity, stressing they are expected to abide by all the contractual guidelines in order to deliver value for money.
Also commenting, the Managing Director, Kano State Rural Development Authority, KNARDA, the executing agency of KSADP, Dr. Junaidu Yakubu Muhammad, warned the contractors that a strong monitoring mechanism has been put in place to supervise their work, adding that any one of them found wanting would be sanctioned according to the stipulated regulations.
