Date:<\/strong> Tuesday, 29th April, 2025 Overview:<\/strong> Financials:<\/strong><\/p>\n Total Cost:<\/strong> \u20a64,836,546,000.00<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Savings Returned to Treasury:<\/strong> \u20a6301,522,210.00<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n Positive Impacts:<\/strong><\/p>\n Food & Nutrition Security:<\/strong> Over 190,200 individuals daily<\/strong> benefited from nutritious meals for 29 days.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Boost to Local Economy:<\/strong> Over \u20a63.5 billion<\/strong> was spent locally, stimulating trade and income circulation.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Economic Empowerment:<\/strong><\/p>\n 3,804 cooks<\/strong> were paid \u20a687,000 each\u2014higher than GL07 monthly salary.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n 10% markup allowed 634 sub-vendors<\/strong> to earn coordinating incomes.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n Community Unity:<\/strong> Shared iftar meals promoted solidarity across communities.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n Resolutions:<\/strong><\/p>\n Commendation to the Committee Chairman, Hon. Dr. Lawan Yunusa Danzomo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n The committee is to remain standing for 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Charged to innovate<\/strong> and enhance future editions.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Report Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n Student admissions and NUC ownership transfer<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Staff salary commitments and visiting lecturers<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Infrastructure procurement for the University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n Council Actions:<\/strong><\/p>\n Commendation to Chairman Hon. Lawan Yunusa Danzomo<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Directed collaboration with MDAs for budget implementation and takeoff<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Project Objective:<\/strong> Approved Budget:<\/strong> Selected Sites (Total: 1,042 hectares):<\/strong><\/p>\n Babura \u2013 142 ha<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Birniwa \u2013 200 ha<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Birnin Kudu \u2013 300 ha<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Garki \u2013 150 ha<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Sule Tankarkar \u2013 100 ha<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Yankwashi \u2013 150 ha<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n Expected Impact:<\/strong><\/p>\n Climate change mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Desert encroachment control<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Poverty reduction<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Committee Lead:<\/strong> Malam Bala Ibrahim \u2013 Secretary to the State Government<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n Retrieval of illegally allocated or misused farmlands<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Protection of grazing and forest reserves<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n Council Resolutions:<\/strong><\/p>\n Commendation for diligence<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Reaffirmed commitment to equitable land management<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Strategy aims to support food security, job creation, and sustainable growth<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Objective:<\/strong> Action Taken:<\/strong> Committee Composition:<\/strong><\/p>\n Commissioner, Women Affairs \u2013 Chairperson<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Commissioner, Finance<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Commissioner, Budget & Economic Planning<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Commissioner, Health<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Commissioner, Agriculture<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Commissioner, Basic Education<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Commissioner, Water Resources<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Commissioner, Local Government<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Principal Private Secretary to the Governor<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Perm. Sec., Women Affairs \u2013 Secretary<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Signed:<\/strong> \ud83d\udcdd Summary of Resolutions Date: Tuesday, 29th April, 2025Presided by: His Excellency, Malam Umar A. Namadi, FCA ? Executive Governor of Jigawa State \ud83d\udd4c Ramadan Iftar Feeding Programme 2025 Overview:The Council received and reviewed the final report from the committee overseeing the 2025 Ramadan Iftar Feeding Programme, covering 634 feeding centers, each serving 300 individuals […]<\/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-1259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259","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=1259"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1260,"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259\/revisions\/1260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Presided by:<\/strong> His Excellency, Malam Umar A. Namadi, FCA<\/strong> \u2013 Executive Governor of Jigawa State<\/p>\n
\n\ud83d\udd4c Ramadan Iftar Feeding Programme 2025<\/h3>\n
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The Council received and reviewed the final report from the committee overseeing the 2025 Ramadan Iftar Feeding Programme, covering 634 feeding centers<\/strong>, each serving 300 individuals<\/strong> daily for the entire fasting month (1446 A.H.), reaching 5,706,000<\/strong> persons.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n
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\n\ud83c\udf93 Khadijah University Majia Transition<\/h3>\n
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\n\ud83c\udf34 Agricultural Development \u2013 Date Palm Initiative<\/h3>\n
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Expand Date Palm production<\/strong>, create jobs for 5,000 youths and women<\/strong>, and contribute to economic diversification<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
\u20a6615,790,000.00 for land clearance and empowerment training.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n
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\n\ud83c\udf3e Land Recovery & Reallocation Initiative<\/h3>\n
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\n\ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83d\udc67 Nigeria for Women Program \u2013 Jigawa Scale-Up<\/h3>\n
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Promote Women\u2019s Economic Empowerment<\/strong> in collaboration with the World Bank<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Inauguration of Standing Multi-Sectoral Coordination Steering Committee<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n
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Sagir Musa Ahmed<\/strong>
Honourable Commissioner of Information, Youth, Sport and Culture<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"