The German government has organized a four Day consultative workshop and capacity Building training for Directors, Secretaries, and the leaders of the Michika Local government legislative arm in Adamawa state.
The training which is jointly in collaboration with OXFAM and the Nigerian government aims to enhance social cohesion through Community Development Planning on monitoring and Evaluation Framework for the council.
The project targets over thousand, two hundred eighty persons across the sixteen wards of the Local Government Area with financial benefits.
Michika Local government of Adamawa state is one of the seven local governments heated by Boko Haram insurgents during the sway in the state in 2013.
The German government through its Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development is in partnership with the Christian Rural and Urban Development Association of Nigeria and the Centre for Public Education and Mobilization for Development in Nigeria.
This workshop aims to enhance these duty-bearer’s capacity to translate Community Development planning into actionable budgets.
Speaking at the event the council Leader of Michika LG Honorable Mathias Tumba affirmed the local government’s commitment to implementing the plan.
For its part, the Project Coordinator Oxfam Enoch Bamaiyi gave an overview of how the project will be implemented, and its benefits to the people.
He explains that Oxfam’s aim of the project is to strengthen social cohesion through capacity building of stakeholders on inclusive planning, implementation, and monitoring of community development plans.
He added that the project targets over one thousand, two hundred and eighty persons across the sixteen wards of Michika Local Government Area with the final beneficiaries estimated at two hundred and thirty-nine thousand, four hundred persons.
Mr Enoch further said the project would leverage the citizens’ engagement and participatory planning policy and convert the negative experiences and displacement to gains regarding social and economic developments that will mutually benefit the host communities, Returnees, and Internally Displaced Persons.
In his remark, Project Officer Oxfam Samuel Lashon said the implementation of the project in Michika is due to the presence of the Citizen Engagement and Participatory Planning Policy which was launched in June last year.
He attributed the failure of governance at the local government level to poverty, conflict, and insecurity. He noted that the project is geared towards institutional strengthening of the local government structure including leadership, planning, and budgeting departments.
Some of the participants appreciated the contribution of various organizations towards the development of the local government. They gave an assurance of ensuring the successful implementation of the project and its sustainability to achieve the desired results.
Practical sessions were incorporated, allowing all participants to develop budgets for each sector based on the Community Development Planing.
Adamawa State Government assured development partners of protection of every project executed through Monitoring and Evaluation Technology known as the ‘Citizen Eye and Ear Project’ put in place.
