JUST IN: Kogi Emerges Overall First Among 2nd Tier NEWMAP States
By Nafisat Bello
Kogi State has clinched overall first position in the 2nd tier NEWMAP states made up of 7 states including Kano, Gombe, Delta, Sokoto, Oyo, Akwa Ibom and Plateau states.
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The accolade was given at the Valedictory ceremony of the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) organised by the World Bank and Federal Ministry of Environment, held at Sheraton hotel, Abuja.
According to a statement by Governor Yahaya Bello’s spokesman, Muhammed Onogwu, Kogi State NEWMAP also clinched the first position in 23 States on the Implementation of Environmental and Safeguard Instruments and was also a Runner up in Implementation of Grievance Redress Mechanism and the Implementation of Catchment Management Plan.
The Project Coordinator of Kogi NEWMAP, Barr. Ladi Ahmed Jatto, commended Governor Bello for his unrelenting support to the project.
