The governor also expressed satisfaction with the intervention programmes of the EU and Oxfam in three local government areas of the state, which are Birnin Kebbi, Jega and Danko/Wasagu local government areas.Bagudu acknowledged that funding by the agencies on poverty eradication and agricultural production had been of immense benefits to the state in the economic empowerment of the people.

Earlier, the leader of the EU delegation, Mr Tomitayo Omole, commended Governor Bagudu on his leadership style, saying the administration had been making efforts to put the state on the path of progress.He explained that intervention programme would address food security and poverty in three local government areas of Birnin Kebbi, Jega and Danko/Wasagu, expressing satisfaction about the positive impacts recorded so far.

Source: The Guardian