KWARA FADAMA NG-CARES

* Presentation of both commercial and fishing boats by the Kwara State Government, through Kwara Fadama CARES, has been extended to seven riverine communities in Edu Local Government Area of the State with a view to improving the residents' livelihood and avail them access to smooth transportation within and beyond the three communities in the LGA.  The communities that received the boat assets comprised Belle, Gbere, Yeluwa, Fanagun, Tada, Kanko, Gidanmodi, all from Edu LGA. It would be recalled that the Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq CON, on 26th of June, 2024, performed the flag off ceremony of the Fourth Disbursement by Kwara Fadama CARES and Kwara State Community and Social development Agency-NGCARES, where farmers received different agricultural inputs and assets, with another category of beneficiaries getting health-supporting items.  Since the flag-off event, the government has been presenting boats (commercial a...

 By: Sangodare Ayinla (Ph.D) With ebullient agriculture, the world is on the safe side. This is true if there are governments that are ready to leverage this potential for creating opportunities for the people.  Suffice to recall the popular Yoruba saying that “Agbe l’oba” (Farmers are kings). These characters are not kings with literal crowns, but the metaphorical diadems connoting indispensability in mankind.  The foregoing is a proverb as well as a message to all, that farmers are essential in social sustainability. This philosophy is firmly embraced in the resolve of the Kwara State Government, as it stands to put smiles on the state farmers’ faces, expecting the latter to make society smile through their products. In achieving this, His Excellency, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (CON) has used the Kwara Fadama CARES project as a potent tool for driving empowerment/stimulation for farmers (especially, the indigent ones) to tackle hunger and poverty. In othe...

In preparation for the third phase of the disbursement by the Kwara Fadama CARES, the Kwara State Government has organised an orientation session for the Advisory Service Providers, who are to offer technical services to the beneficiaries of the Fadama CARES intervention.  It would be recalled that the Kwara Fadama CARES has, since the commencement of the project,  earlier had two phases of disbursement to indigent farmers in the State.  Addressing the Service Providers, the State Project Coordinator, Engr. Dr Busari Toyin Isiaka, tasked the Service Providers on diligence, saying they are to guide the beneficiaries on how to use the assets received.  He noted that the assignment of providing technical services should not be handled with levity, enjoining the Service Providers to be ready to work in any LGA they are posted to.  Busari then reminded the participants that the Fadama CARES intervention is to address hu...

The Kwara State Government has reiterated commitments to prioritise indigent farmers in the implementation of the Kwara Fadama CARES Project, even as another disbursement is under way.  The Permanent Secretary, Kwara State Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and State Chairman, State Technical Committee on Kwara Fadama CARES, Mr. Ishiaq Olayinka Oloruko-Oba, revealed this intention at a meeting held today, at the Ministry premises to enhance effectiveness the  third disbursement exercise of Kwara Fadama CARES.   Oloruko-Oba  stated further that the session was necessary to get the stakeholders more proactive and more transparent in the oncoming disbursement.  He however cautioned  HODs of Agric, Desk Officers and Local Facilitators across the sixteen LGAs in the state against inadequacy in the selection of beneficiaries during the disbursement.  The Permanent Secretary then stressed that the project is exclusively...

The Rural Electrification Agency (REA), in collaboration with National Fadama Development Project (NFDP), has supported dry season farming across the 16 local government areas of state with Solar Powered Irrigation Pumps, to enhance food security in Kwara State and to ensure all year-round in farming/cropping. This is coming as a result of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in July, 2022 between REA and (NFDP). Presenting the solar-powered irrigation pumps, the Higher Technical Officer, Rural Electrification Agency, North Central Zone, Engr. Adebayo Babatunde, disclosed that the initiative is aimed at improving utilisation of Land and Water Resources across the major rivers in the country.  He noted that implementation of the programme by REA started with Thirteen pivotal states of which Kwara is one and that the beneficiary subproject sites selected include communities with Farmers' User Groups (FUGs), surface water schemes, subproject sites requiring...

The Rural Electrification Agency (REA), in collaboration with National Fadama Development Project (NFDP), has supported dry season farming across the 16 local government areas of state with Solar Powered Irrigation Pumps, to enhance food security in Kwara State and to ensure all year-round in farming/cropping. This is coming as a result of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in July, 2022 between REA and (NFDP). Presenting the solar-powered irrigation pumps, the Higher Technical Officer, Rural Electrification Agency, North Central Zone, Engr. Adebayo Babatunde, disclosed that the initiative is aimed at improving utilisation of Land and Water Resources across the major rivers in the country.  He noted that implementation of the programme by REA started with Thirteen pivotal states of which Kwara is one and that the beneficiary subproject sites selected include communities with Farmers' User Groups (FUGs), surface water schemes, subproject sites requiring...