OXFAM, Other development partners winds up intervention project in Adamawa
By Umar Dankano, Yola.
OXFAM, Nigeria, an international Non Governmental Organisation in collaboration with 3 other development partners and funded by German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (bmz) have implemented an eleven(11) months community peace enhancement project in Adamawa state.
Country Director of the Organization (OXFAM),Mr.John Makina disclosed the development in Yola Thursday at a two day project close-out review and dissemination training workshop stressing that, the intervention program was to improve citizens participation in governance and to strengthen social cohesion through inclusive participatory community development planning.
Makina explained that the workshop was organized for the stakeholders in the sixteen (16) wards of Michika local government area with a view to access the successes and areas in need of improvement on the project coded “improving social cohesion through community Development Planning (CDP) in Michika “.
Makina stated that since inception of the project in June 2023, over 16000 critical stakeholders were reached out to establish a community driven integrated and comprehensive approach to community development planning leveraging on the state and local government citizens engagement and participatory planning (CEPP).
“As part of its commitment to improving socio economic participation of IDPs,Returnees,Host communities and other vulnerable groups in Northeast Nigeria.
“The project was implemented by OXFAM in partnership with Christian Rural and Urban Development Association in Nigeria (CRUDAN), and Centre for Public Education and Mobilisation for Development in Nigeria (CEPAD) respectively”.He maintained.
In his remarks, the permanent secretary in charge of state planning Commission,Mr.Amos Enock expressed gratitude to the development partners for choosing Adamawa state for the intervention of the project.
Enock pledged that the state government would replicate the project in other LGAs to ensure sustainability of the project so as to carry everyone in policies implementation drive for development of our communities.
District head of Bazza, Alhaji Saidu lawal Bashar said the coming of the Organizations have contributed immensely in restoring peace and trust in their communities noting that before the adventure of the project his subjects were living in hatred, mistrust and suspicious among themselves.
Bashar assures that the community cluster groups established in the society will be sustained as a rallying point for continuity of the projects purposely to avoid stagnation and subsequent .
Some of the participants interviewed commended the gesture by the development partners and German government calling on Nigerian governments provide counter funding to any viable intervention programs by partners in to the country.
