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.... ....   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact  | Advert Rates  Towards a better life for the people Search The Archives   Cover Stories National News South West Niger Delta South East North Politics Business Sports World Viewpoints Features   EU to spend N17.8b on poverty alleviation programme in Niger Delta areas By Dayo Johnson Friday, October 15, 2004 AKURE— ABOUT N17.8b is to be expended by the European Development Fund through its Micro- project programmes  (MPPG) targeted at alleviating poverty in the Niger Delta. Also, the EU has concluded plans to commence work on another 53 fresh rural projects in Ondo state. Speaking with newsmen  in Akure yesterday, the programme Manager, Mr Alberto Balradi said the micro project programmes financed by the EU  covers Abia, Akwa Ibom, Cross Rivers, Edo, Imo and Ondo states. Balradi explained that “we are the sister project to MPPs that is covering Delta, Rivers and Bayelsa states. They are the two  projects designed for the oil producing states in the country. “Our programme is similar in objectives / purpose and is to improve  the standard of living of people in our programme area. “We are doing this by executing programmes that cut across the various sectors like employment generation, providing schools  and equipment, hospitals, roads, bridges, culverts". Speaking on the project executed in the state, the programme manager said that seven projects have been completed in the  three senatorial districts of the state. Balradi noted that they include building of blocks of classrooms in primary schools,  procuring of hospital equipment, construction of roads, bridges and culverts and other employment generation projects. In executing the projects he pointed out that beneficiary communities would be allowed to contribute ideas and participate while  the Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and other pressure groups in the areas were being carried along in all its dealings  in the communities. Balradi said that “we are expected to spend at least 42 million Euro and that is about N17.8b in the six  states in four years". Speaking on the controversy over Joint Funding of projects with the Ondo state government, the programme manager said that  the state “was not contributing anything absolutely towards the funding of our projects. “The government may contribute to the  community, they can expand certain aspect of their project in their own but not directly through us. There is no contribution of  the government in our project".   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact  | Advert Rates © 1998- 2004. Vanguard Media Ltd.

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