{"id":11103,"date":"2020-02-05T10:38:22","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T09:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/?p=11103"},"modified":"2020-02-05T15:25:41","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T14:25:41","slug":"house-call-for-investigation-into-the-administration-of-donor-assisted-funds-for-agricultural-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/house-call-for-investigation-into-the-administration-of-donor-assisted-funds-for-agricultural-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"House Calls for Investigation into the Administration of Donor Assisted Funds for Agricultural Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The House of Representatives on Tuesday, 4th<\/sup> February 2020 mandated the Committee on Agricultural Production and Services to investigate the administration and performance of all donor funding for agricultural projects with a view to unearthing the problems associated with its inabilities to achieve its set objectives. This was sequel to a motion Presented by Hon. Awaji-Inombek D. Abiante (PDP:Rivers) on the need to investigate the administration of donor assisted funds for agricultural projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presenting the motion, Hon Abiante stated\nthat over the years, the Federal Government has been partnering and acquiring loans\nand grants from Donor Agencies such as the World Bank, the African Development\nBank (ADB), the United Nations (UN), the International Fund for Agricultural\nDevelopment (IFAD), and the International Development Agency (IDA) to mention a\nfew, with a view to improving agricultural production in the Country. He stated\nthat over the years, over one billion dollars of the donor’s fund have been\nspent on various Agricultural projects in Nigeria by the three-tiers of government.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking further, Hon. Abiante noted that since 1985, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has financed eleven (11) Agricultural projects in the Country with $509.62 million, while several millions of dollars have also been committed to the implementation of Fadama project by the World Bank since 1993. He further explained that the various Agricultural projects were put in place with the aim of assisting Nigerian farmers, especially the rural ones with the necessary funds needed to improve their agricultural venture, thus meeting the food demand of the fast-growing population of Nigeria, guarantee food security, reduce oil dependency, diversify and grow the economy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He expressed concern over the fact that\ndespite the laudable objectives of these Agricultural projects and the\nhumongous financial contributions of the International donors such as the World\nBank, the International Development Agency, the International Fund for\nAgricultural Development, and the African Development Bank over many years, the\nCountry is still-grappling with the problem of food sufficiency and farmers\nprosperity and that the volume of funds channeled to the Nigeria’s Agricultural\nsector through these donor funding projects over the years is so enormous that\none wonders if the resources are well utilised and account for. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In conclusion he stated that he believed that\na thorough investigation of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural\nDevelopment and its parastatals that are in charge of the’ administration of\nall agricultural donor funding projects will help in unearthing the problems\nthat are associated with the inabilities of the projects to achieve its desired\ngoals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The House of Representatives on Tuesday, 4th February 2020 mandated the Committee on Agricultural Production and Services to investigate the administration and performance of all donor funding for agricultural projects with a view to unearthing the problems associated with its inabilities to achieve its set objectives. This was sequel to a motion Presented by Hon. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[54],"acf":[],"author_meta":{"display_name":"PLAC","author_link":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/author\/olumide-adebayo\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Farmers-2-300x169.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["News<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["House Call for Investigation into the Administration of Donor Assisted Funds for Agricultural Projects<\/a>"],"unlinked":["House Call for Investigation into the Administration of Donor Assisted Funds for Agricultural Projects<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 6 years ago","modified":"Updated 6 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on February 5, 2020","modified":"Updated on February 5, 2020"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on February 5, 2020 10:38 am","modified":"Updated on February 5, 2020 3:25 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11103"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11103"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11113,"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11103\/revisions\/11113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}