Abia State Government has met all requirements for the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES), a 6-year project with development objective (PDO) to improve livestock productivity, resilience and commercialisation of selected value chains.
This is as the State-approved compensation for affected property owners under RAAMP project, commencing the payment.
Governor Alex Otti made this known on Friday, during a working/familiarisation visit to Matthew Verghis, the World Bank Country Director for Nigeria at the World Bank Country Office in Abuja.
The visit is part of the World Bank’s tradition of hosting well-performing States.
The Discussions also focused on the power sector, where the Abia State Commissioner for Power explained the collaboration between the State Government and Geometric Power Limited, including ongoing expansion plans to extend electricity coverage across the State.
Further discussions revealed that Abia State has been captured in several projects in the World Bank pipeline, especially, projects related to energy, rural electrification, renewable energy, WASH and SPIN projects.
Matthew Verghis, World Bank Country Director, disclosed that he had earlier planned to visit the Governor in Abia, but decided to receive him in Abuja, since the Governor was already there with his team.
Verghis expressed satisfaction with the progress being made in Abia State and commended Governor Otti for providing impactful governance across various sectors.
The meeting also reviewed the way forward for ongoing World Bank-supported projects in Abia State.
Members of the World Bank team present during the meeting included Taimur Samad, operations manager (CMU), and Fatima Adenike, senior operations officer (CMU), while those present in the Governor’s team were Ngozi Felix. commissioner for Poverty Alleviation, Chinonye Mba Uzoukwu, principal secretary to the Governor/chief strategy officer and Odinakaka Eric Eme, senior special assistant on Multilateral and Donor Agencies.
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