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World Bank Pledges support for Commercial Agriculture
Development in Nigeria

The World Bank has expressed readiness to give Nigeria’s Commercial
Agriculture Development Project (CADP) the necessary support that would lead to
the success of the project in the country.

This was disclosed yesterday by the World Bank Country Director, Mr. Onno Ruhl
in a goodwill message he delivered at the Commercial Agriculture Development
Project’s 4th Bimonthly progress review meeting held in Kano.  Onno said World
Bank was ready to assist Nigeria in making commercial agriculture a reality adding
that fast disbursement of funds to beneficiaries will be balanced with quality work
for better results.

Mr. Onno Ruhl said the World Bank expects Commercial Agriculture Development
Project not just to safeguard Nigerian food security but to also “replace food
importation with food exportation”.   He commended CADP team for the keen
determination and competiveness with which the participating states were
implementing the project, adding that among the 28 projects supported by the
World Bank only CADP was holding rotational implementation and supervision
review meetings in the participating states.

Task Team Leader of the project, Lucas Akapa expressed satisfaction with the
progress made by the five participating states in terms of laying solid foundation
for the effective implementation of the project. He enjoined the participating states
to hasten implementation and deliver result to the beneficiaries.

The National Project Coordinator of CADP, Aminu Babandi said the rotational
bimonthly meetings were aimed at taking stock of the progress of the project in
the implementing states, sharing experiences and developing action plan.

Declaring the Bimonthly meeting opened, the Kano state Commissioner of
Agriculture and Natural Resources, Alhaij Musa Sulaiman Shanono told the
gathering that commercialization of agriculture has the potency to create wealth,
enhance employment opportunities and provide raw materials to agro-allied
industries for sustainable development.

“ As a major employer of labour and source of income generation to the populace
of the state, agriculture has been given top priority by the Kano state
government  that is why  the state expended over N20 billion on agriculture from
2003 to 2009”, Shanono told the participants.

The Commissioner appealed to development partners to continue to show
favorable disposition and extend support and technical assistance for sustainable
food security and poverty reduction in the country.

The US150 million Commercial Agriculture Development Project is being
implemented in Kano, Kaduna, Lagos, Cross River and Enugu states. The
meeting in Kano from May 4-8, 2010 was attended by World Bank officials and
staff of the Commercial Agriculture Development Projects in the participating
states and the National Coordinating office.