By Aminu Garko
Kano, The State Project Coordinator, Kano State Agro-pastoral Development Project, KSADP, Malam Ibrahim Garba Muhammad, has advised the Jigawa Government to deploy quality management system for its Islamic Development Bank(IDB) funded project so as to get good results.
This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen in Kano on Thursday by Aminu Yassar, KSADP’s Project Communication Specialist.
“Donors have guidelines to monitor their funds and they rely largely on operational efficiency of the Project Management Unit to monitor their funds,” Muhammad said.
The statement said the Project Coordinator gave the recommendation while receiving a delegation from Jigawa led by the Special Adviser to the State Governor on Cluster Farming, Alhaji Muhammad Idris Danzomo, who visited the KSADP office in Kano.
He further advised the Jigawa government to rethink the option of having the Managing Director of the state Agricultural and Rural Development Authority, JARDA, doubling as the State Coordinator of the Jigawa Integrated and Rural Development Project.
He cautioned that combining the two roles may pose operational challenges.
Muhammad said from the onset the KSADP which is funded by the Islamic Development Bank and the Lives and Livelihoods Fund, LLF, the project streamlined its operations, and is working closely with IITA, ICRISAT and SAA as technical partners, to achieve optimum results.
“It is now in its third year of implementation and the KSADP has invested handsomely in sustainable development of selected livestock and crop value chains in Kano, with very good results,” he said.
Responding, Danzomo said the engagement was basically to learn from the experience of the KSADP, its management structure, challenges and success stories, so that Jigawa could replicate them in the state.
“From the interaction, I can see you have capable hands and that might be some of the reasons why you are moving forward. The Jigawa project and your own were signed at the same time but the IsDB could not make the Jigawa project disbursement effective until we get capable hands,” he said.
He thanked the KSADP Project Management Unit for receiving his delegation cordially and for the openness in interaction, stressing that the team was impressed with the reception accorded them and would report the gesture to the Jigawa the Governor.
In his remarks,the Managing Director, Jigawa State Agricultural and Rural Development Authority, JARDA, Malam Imam Muhammad, who doubles as the State Coordinator of the Jigawa Integrated and Rural Development Project, funded by the Islamic Development Bank, IsDB, said feasibility study had been conducted for the project, hence the need to study the KSADP model in order to succeed.
“The Islamic Development Bank asked us to come and learn from you and we are paying attention to procurement, monitoring and evaluation and finance so that we can be on the right track,” Muhammad said.
