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ACReSAL NPC harps on collaboration to actualize PDO

Mr. Umar Abdulhamid, the National Project Coordinator of the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) Project has echoed the need for all the relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies be carried along in the implementation of the ACReSAL Project both at the local, state and the Federal Levels to achieve Project Development Objectives.

According to the NPC, the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) Project is a multi-sectoral and multi-institutional project by designed and to ensure successful project implementation, sustainability of project investment and approaches all relevant MDAs will be required to work together because of the nature of their mandates.

The NPC stated this when he played host to the Zamfara State Commissioner for Environment and Solid Minerals, Hon. Mahmud Muhammad and the Permanent Secretary Zamfara state Ministry of Environment and Solid Minerals, Mohammed Kabir Abubakar in Abuja, today.

Speaking on the Project Institutional Arrangement, Mr. Umar informed the commissioner that ACReSAL project is an all-inclusive initiative that has co-relational and inter-departmental relationships with ministries of Environment, Agriculture and Water Resources but the lead implementing agency is the ministry of environment and the commissioner for environment also double as the Chairman of the ACReSAL Project state steering committee.

He further explained that for ease of implementation and monitoring, the ACReSAL project has a working structure which is well highlighted in the project documents that would be made available to the commissioner.

He informed the commissioner that the project has four broad components that seeks to address environmental challenges and interventions in the projects speak to activities that are sustainable and addresses issues of livelihood of people living around the project intervention areas.

In his remarks, the commissioner for Environment and Solid minerals briefed the NPC that his excellency the Executive Governor of Zamfara state, Dauda Lawal is very much aware of their visit to ACReSAL Federal Office-Abuja and appealed for the support of the federal office to Zamfara state ACReSAL.

The Commissioner assured that Zamfara state government would key into the multi-sectoral arrangement of the ACReSAL project for successful project implementation.

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