The Ondo State Government on Friday approved the sum of N200m for the sustainability and continuity of the Fadama lll Additional Financing Programme in the state.
The Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Lasisi Oluboyo, made this known at a Forum to Sensitise Stakeholders in Akure.
Oluboyo said the state government was set to pay its counterpart contribution for the Fadama lll Additional Financing Programme, to ensure a smooth sustainability of the initiative in the state.
?The establishment of Fadama Youth Villages makes Ondo State the benchmark all over the country in the area of job creation for the youth.
?It is my belief that the impact of the Fadama lll Additional Financing Project shall be greater than that of the successful Fadama lll project ,? he said.
Oluboyo pledged the State government?s continuous support towards the successful implementation of all the development partners? programmes in the state.
However, the State?s Project Coordinator, Mr Olatunji Olusoji, said the state government had earlier forwarded a letter of expression of interest to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, the World Bank and the National Fadama Coordination office.
