…As Benefitting Communities Hail Gov Yahaya, CSDA Boss
[Opinion]
By Joshua Ɗanmalam, Gombe
The Gombe State Community and Social Development Agency (CSDA) under the dynamic and well focused leadership of Haruna Ahmed Imam deserves more than just an applause but a standing ovation in view of the agency’s massive infrastructural projects geared towards uplifting the lives and livelihood of the people across the State.
Virtually all CSDA projects are fashioned to have direct bearing on the citizens especially rural dwellers.
Feedback from some benefitting communities indicated satisfaction on the stewardship of Imam and his team’s transparency and openness in the discharge of its responsibilities.
Projects such as heath facilities, water supply, gully erosion control, construction of class room blocks, community centers, worship centers, construction of culverts and earth-dams are among many other interventions of the agency.
Aside from training and re-training of community based project owners, the CSDA also allows communities to identify their areas of need and priority projects.
The agency equally allows community ownership of the projects. Accordingly, the community execute the project under the strict supervision of the agency which must conform with its standards.
So far hundreds of life touching projects have been executed by the agency, drawing excitement and commendation to not only the agency but Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya for appointing a well focused and transparent leader to head the agency, as well as for providing the agency with all that is needed to deliver on its mandate.
Interestingly, opinion samples on the agency’s performance across the three (3) senatorial zones of Gombe North, Gombe Central and Gombe South indicated an impressive response as many testify that the projects are of immense benefit to their communities.
Other areas the agency provide succour to the people is its initiatives on the production of assorted food of high nutritional value for malnourished children for free distribution to the less privileged ones in the State.
These monumental developments through the CSDA is an attestation that Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya administration’s partnership with development partners is yielding positive results, there by putting Gombe State in a trajectory of a fast developing state in the country.
As Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya maintain the steam on transforming the state through myriad of projects such as Network 11-100, the Muhammadu Buhari Industrial Park, massive transformation in Health and Education among numerous other, the GCSDA under Haruna Ahmed Imam is no doubt complimenting these laudable developmental drives of the governor by working in partnership with the World Bank to deliver service to the people.
Joshua Ɗanmalam is the Information Officer, Office of the Secretary to Gombe State Government.