By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja
KOGI State Community and Social Development Agency (KGCSDA) executed 80 Community Development CDs not less than 170 micro projects in the last four months with about N2.6 billion provided by the state government.
General Manager of the Agency, Chief Dauda Momoh, disclosed this in an interview on the sideline of a Surprise Birthday Package Organised by staff of the Agency in his honour in Lokoja.
The General Manager who described the feat as unprecedented in the life of the CSDA said, “We thank God that we are doing very, very well. You know, I’ve never said something like this before, affirming to you that the agency is doing very well.
“But this time I can categorically say we are doing very well. We have executed 80 Community Development (CDs) projects and not less than 170 micro projects within a span of three to four months. And it is unprecedented”, he said.
“So far N2.6 billion was released to us and I thank God that we have executed projects even more than that 2.6 billion and I also want to use the opportunity to thank His Excellency who has pushed us beyond our usual limits”, he said.
The beaded Chief revealed that the Agency had been able to do much and ensure sustenance of its intervention projects across communities in the state owing largely to its adoption of Community Driven Development (CDD) Approach.
On the Agency’s plans for next year, the General Manager said, “I’m looking at between 100 to 150 community development plans across the three Senatorial Districts and there will not be less than 350 micro projects.
Chief Dauda Momoh however hinted that all the accolades being poured on him for the feat in execution of the projects should rather go to the staff who are always there willing and courageous to face the tasks at all times.
Earlier at the Birthday party, Muslim and Christian clerics thanked God for the life of the General Manager and for granting him the grace to steer the Agency to great heights for it to positively impact lives in various communities across the state.
They prayed to God to lift him to higher levels saying that he had exhibited high leadership qualities and would be able to do more at higher levels for humanity as they prayed for his family and continued sustenance of the Agency.
Also speaking, Mr Bayode Oladipo, Operations Manager of the Agency noted that the level of height and level of achievements recorded by the agency would not have been possible without the visionary leadership of Chief Dauda Momoh.