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Dr Kingsley Emu, Delta Commissioner for Economic Planning, has said that the state’s economic management team facilitated the signing of the Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) for 15 projects.
Emu said this at the annual ministerial news briefing organised by the state Ministry of Information on Thursday in Asaba.
Emu said that the MoUs were signed for various projects, which include the Agro industrial Park, Delta Rest Park, Mechanic village, and Norseworthy agro investment Limited.
He noted that some of the MoUs had already received approval and that in the next few months there would be ground breaking ceremonies.
According to the commissioner, the team, which was drawn from the relevant ministries, was able to secure World Bank funding for job creation in the state.
He added that the state government through collaborative arrangements with donor agencies, especially the EU, World Bank, UNDP and UNICEF had coordinated and overseen the implantation and completion of projects targeted at the rural communities.
He said that through the collaboration, a total of 66 projects out of the 84 projects earmarked for implementation under the MPP9 were completed.
Emu said that under the Niger Delta Support programme (NDSP), a total of 23 projects out of the 80 projects earmarked for implantation had been completed.
He added that under UNICEF, the state had been able to develop a four-year State Strategic Plan of Action on Nutrition (SSPAN).
He said the action plan would ensure that nutrition activities are well articulated and implemented, adding that N100 million had been approved for the action plan.