Kwara Government Distributes Medical, Farm Equipment To Needy Communities

Kwara State government yesterday distributed Medical equipment and Farm tools to selected communities in the state to enhance healthcare treatment and food sufficiency.

The intervention support which came under the initiative of NG-CARES, and FADAMA Result Area 2 had eleven communities benefit from Hospital equipment while Farmer groups drawn from sixteen local government areas in the state benefited from Farm equipment.

Speaking during the distribution ceremony held at the government house Ilorin, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq represented by his deputy Mr. Kayode Alabi, said the distribution is another phase of continuous efforts of his administration to bring ease to the people through multifaceted interventions.

“At every stage of our journey so far, our administration has a record of deploying all available resources to make life easy for the people.

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Deputy Governor Mr Kayode Alabi alongside with the state Chairman Steering Committee Dr. Hauwa Nuru on NG-Cares inspecting Farm equipment

“No less than two million citizens across Kwara State have benefitted from the various programmes and interventions under the NG-CARES, including FADAMA, Social Cash Transfer, labour intensive public workforce, and social development agency.

“In an effort to consolidate the result achieved, the State Government is today taking another giant step forward towards supporting farmers and vulnerable agro-entrepreneurs with high-value assets such as fishing and passenger boats, hand tillers, grinding machines, and so on. This is in addition to the donation of various categories of hospital equipment to support vulnerable communities in health delivery and add to the stock of beneficiaries already recorded. In this intervention, our target is to impact over 600,000 beneficiaries across different categories in the 16 local government areas.

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“Today’s ceremony, therefore, attests to the commitment of the state government to full implementation of NG-CARES. This is geared towards improving the welfare of the people.” he said

The governor further urges the beneficiaries of the high-valued assets and equipment to consider the assets as their own and optimize the benefits.

In her opening remark, the chairman state steering committee, who is also the state commissioner for finance, Dr. Hauwa Nuru, lauded the support of the state government in making the NG-Cares project an impactful one in the state.

“The impact of COVID-19 on the economic and livelihood activities of citizens can not be quickly forgotten, it brought unprecedented challenges, disturbing lives and businesses across our beloved state, however in the phase of this challenge the Nigeria COVID-19 action recovery and economic stimulus NG-Cares emerged as a beacon of hope.

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“This intervention designed and supported by the World Bank arrived at a critical time complementing the tireless efforts of the Governor AbdulRazaq administration to change the economic fortune of the people of the state through various social intervention programmes and its yielding desired result.”

Reacting on behalf of beneficiary communities and associations, Peter Durojaye, and Mohammed Sambo Magaji, express appreciation to the government for finding them worthy of the support, and promised to make judicious use of the equipment to enhance healthcare delivery and food sufficiency in the state and beyond.