The approval was contained in a statement signed by Governor Abubakar Bagudu’s Chief Press Secretary, Alhaji Muazu Dakingari and made available to journalists on Monday.

The statement said the N500 million counterpart funds was for rural access agricultural marketing project (RAAMP) and United States African Development Foundation (USADF) Programmes in the state.

It said “RAAMP has more than N300m while United States African Development Foundation has more than 500,000 dollars

Source: Daily Trust