ACReSAL Tour Team Visits Garba-Chede, pledges more partnership
By Echo ExpressÂ
As part of efforts ensure the full implementation and sustainability of its community driven impact Projects, the ACReSAL Team alongside Federal Project Management Unit (FPMU), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Teams on Tuesday paid courtesy call on Kam Chiefdom in Garba Chede Community of Bali Local Government Area Taraba State.
The visit and community engagement meeting was designed to strengthen ties between ACReSAL Project and the Garba Chede Community that could lead to more impactful partnership.
Speaking during the engagement Meeting, the Taraba State ACReSAL Project Coordinator, Dr Yakubu Clement Giwa commended the Chief of Kam Chiefdom, Alhaji Maigandi Manu Kaigama and his community for their continued support and collaboration.
He used the opportunity to reiterate ACReSAL’s commitment to deliver on its core mandate of addressing Climate challenges and empowering communities and individuals in the State through the support of the State Government under the visionary Leadership of the Governor, Dr Agbu Kefas.
“I bring you greetings from His Excellency, Dr Agbu Kefas and also the 3 line Commissioners. We are here today to inspect some of our investments and also inform you that whatever we invest here belong to you and us therefore, it is important to do follow ups to see that the investment function well.
“We are equally here to strengthen ties with your community and assure you of our commitment for more impactful partnership,” he stated.
In his remark, Mr Cyril Bikom of the Federal Project Management Unit said they have liaised with the federal Government and Taraba State in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),to invest in Taraba.
He noted that the federal government is concerned in investing where there is food security and also in places that need sustainability in that manner, emphasizing that those desires would not be achieved without the support of the community.
He however, stressed on the critical role of the Monarch especially in information dissemination and community mobilization, urging him to secure the site and equally sensitize his subjects to embrace the project and work towards its sustainability.
Also speaking, the FAO Team Lead, Engr Precious Agbesor, commended Chief Kaigama for being receptive to ACReSAL Project, stressing his role in ensuring the full implementation and sustainability of ACReSAL’s infrastructure and tree planting projects in his community.
On his part, the Chief of Kam Chiefdom in Bali LGA of Taraba State Alhaji Maigandi Manu Kaigama, appreciated the Teams, reaffirming his community’s unwavering commitment to support and work for the sustainability of the project.
He maintained that the earmarked afforestation site in Ishwa community under his Chiefdom measuring over four thousand (4,000) hectares is a Government reserved area, emphasizing that no community member has right to claim ownership of the area or disrupt the project’s activities.
