Jigawa approves steering committee for Polling Units Development Fund

The Jigawa State Executive Council has approved the constitution of a State Steering Committee to coordinate the implementation of the Polling Units Development Fund disbursement crossed the state.

The Commissioner for Information, Youth, Sports and Culture, Sagiru Musa Ahmed, disclosed this portion briefing journalists astatine the Government House.

He said the inaugural is aimed astatine strengthening grassroots governance, encouraging assemblage participation, and ensuring that improvement projects scope ward and polling portion levels effectively.

According to him, the committee volition supply argumentation direction, supervision, monitoring, and coordination for the palmy implementation of the Polling Units Ward Development Committee model statewide.

Ahmed explained that the committee volition beryllium chaired by the Commissioner for Local Government and Community Development, with rank drawn from cardinal authorities institutions, including the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Information, and Digital Economy, arsenic good arsenic different stakeholders.

The Executive Council besides approved further funds for diesel proviso to h2o stations successful the 5 emirate headquarters, aimed astatine improving h2o proviso crossed the state.

It further approved N875.965 cardinal for the Jigawa Food Bank Initiative to enactment 27,000 vulne...