Anambra State Community and Social Development Agency said it had spent over N1,400,000,000 to implement and complete 250 micro-projects across the state.
Chairman Board of Directors of the agency, Igwe Rowland Odegbo, made the disclosure in Awka, the state capital at the Public Presentation of its 2-year achievements under Community and Social Development Project -Additional Financing (CSDP-AF).
He said the agency, which is a World Bank Assisted project, through state government assistance, supported over 62 poor communities and 17 vulnerable groups across the 12 focal local governments areas of the state.
“CSDA came into being in 2009 but remained inactive until the intervention of State Government in 2018 through the payment of its counterpart fund.
“The micro-projects to the communities spread across keys sectors of education, health, water and transportation while power, environment and socio-economic sectors were among the micro-projects to the people,” he said.
Explaining the agency’s mandate was to implement World Bank Assisted Community and Social Development Project -Additional Financing (CSDP- AF), the monarch revealed that the interventions had benefited about 2, 579, 440 individuals in the state within two years of existence.
Commissioner for Economic Planning, Budget and Development Partners, Mr. Mark Okoye, said the project was targeted at promoting people-centric development interventions.
“The project is a paradigm shift that metamorphosed into the famous community choose your project initiative of the Willie Obiano administration,” he said.
Task Team leader, of CSDP Prof. Foluso Okunmadewa, represented by General Manager, Community and Social Development Agency described Community-Driven Development, CDD Approach by the Agency as a veritable strategy in reducing poverty and building human capacity.
In his congratulating message, Governor Willie Obiano said the Agency’s scorecard indicated that it had performed well, saying, “it is a good and complimentary thing to the state government having invested a lot in support of the project.”
Represented by the Head of Service, Barr. Harry Udu, Obiano expressed optimism of continued availability of funds for the project to ensure continuity of development of the state.
