{"id":1243,"date":"2025-03-17T15:15:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T15:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/?p=1243"},"modified":"2025-03-17T15:15:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T15:15:25","slug":"summary-of-resolutions-of-the-state-executive-council-held-on-monday-17th-march-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/2025\/03\/17\/summary-of-resolutions-of-the-state-executive-council-held-on-monday-17th-march-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"SUMMARY OF RESOLUTIONS OF THE STATE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HELD ON MONDAY, 17TH MARCH, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"214\" data-end=\"452\">The State Executive Council (SEC) convened its meeting on <strong data-start=\"272\" data-end=\"299\">Monday, 17th March 2025<\/strong>, under the chairmanship of <strong data-start=\"327\" data-end=\"412\">His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Jigawa State, Malam Umar A. Namadi, FCA<\/strong>. The following key decisions were made:<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"454\" data-end=\"457\" \/>\n<h3 data-start=\"459\" data-end=\"544\"><strong data-start=\"463\" data-end=\"544\">1. Approval for the Take-Off of the Jigawa Farm Mechanization Service Company<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"546\" data-end=\"808\">In line with the <strong data-start=\"563\" data-end=\"631\">Jigawa State Government\u2019s agricultural transformation initiative<\/strong>, the Council <strong data-start=\"645\" data-end=\"800\">approved the sum of One Billion, Five Hundred and Twenty-Three Million, Five Hundred and Eight Thousand, Fourteen Naira, Eight Kobo (\u20a61,523,508,014.08)<\/strong> only.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"810\" data-end=\"1054\">This fund is designated for the <strong data-start=\"842\" data-end=\"921\">take-off of the newly established Jigawa Farm Mechanization Service Company<\/strong>, which will commence operations to <strong data-start=\"957\" data-end=\"1040\">increase efficiency and cost-effectiveness across the agricultural value chains<\/strong> in the state.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1056\" data-end=\"1059\" \/>\n<h3 data-start=\"1061\" data-end=\"1147\"><strong data-start=\"1065\" data-end=\"1147\">2. Payment of Custom Duties and Taxes for Agricultural Mechanization Equipment<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1149\" data-end=\"1400\">In relation to the take-off of the <strong data-start=\"1184\" data-end=\"1222\">Farm Mechanization Service Company<\/strong>, the Council <strong data-start=\"1236\" data-end=\"1392\">approved an additional sum of Nine Hundred and Sixty-Nine Million, Eighty-Four Thousand, Seven Hundred and Seventy-Two Naira, Ten Kobo (\u20a6969,084,772.10)<\/strong> only.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1402\" data-end=\"1566\">This amount is allocated for the <strong data-start=\"1435\" data-end=\"1484\">payment of custom duties and government taxes<\/strong> on <strong data-start=\"1488\" data-end=\"1565\">agricultural mechanization equipment and spare parts purchased from China<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1568\" data-end=\"1571\" \/>\n<h3 data-start=\"1573\" data-end=\"1687\"><strong data-start=\"1577\" data-end=\"1687\">3. Deliberation and Approval of Draft Bill for the Establishment of Jigawa State Flood Disaster Trust Fund<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1689\" data-end=\"1989\">Aligned with <strong data-start=\"1702\" data-end=\"1783\">His Excellency Governor Malam Umar A. Namadi, FCA\u2019s administration commitment<\/strong> to <strong data-start=\"1787\" data-end=\"1830\">tackling flood problems in Jigawa State<\/strong> through <strong data-start=\"1839\" data-end=\"1873\">effective, long-term solutions<\/strong>, the Council deliberated on a <strong data-start=\"1904\" data-end=\"1986\">draft Bill for the Establishment of the Jigawa State Flood Disaster Trust Fund<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1991\" data-end=\"2146\">Following the deliberation, the Council <strong data-start=\"2031\" data-end=\"2058\">approved the draft Bill<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"2063\" data-end=\"2145\">directed that it be forwarded to the State House of Assembly for consideration<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"2148\" data-end=\"2151\" \/>\n<p data-start=\"2153\" data-end=\"2260\"><strong data-start=\"2153\" data-end=\"2164\">Signed:<\/strong><br data-start=\"2164\" data-end=\"2167\" \/><strong data-start=\"2167\" data-end=\"2187\">Sagir Musa Ahmed<\/strong><br data-start=\"2187\" data-end=\"2190\" \/><strong data-start=\"2190\" data-end=\"2260\">Honorable Commissioner for Information, Youth, Sports, and Culture<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The State Executive Council (SEC) convened its meeting on Monday, 17th March 2025, under the chairmanship of His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Jigawa State, Malam Umar A. Namadi, FCA. The following key decisions were made: 1. Approval for the Take-Off of the Jigawa Farm Mechanization Service Company In line with the Jigawa State Government&rsquo;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1243"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1244,"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1243\/revisions\/1244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}