Ondo, Edo, Delta farmers get PIND’s N10bn empowerment
The Partnership for Initiative in Niger Delta has revealed its support for over 49,000 farmers with billions of naira across three Niger Delta states – Ondo, Edo, and Delta in 2023.
It said the farmers and people in the small and medium scale enterprises sector, in the three states, were being supported with with a sum of N10bn.
This was contained in a statement issued by the PIND’s Executive Director, Mr Tunji Idowu and made available to our correspondent on Wednesday in Akure.
The PIND’s executive director explained that the development was part of its intervention in the development of the Niger Delta region of the country.
Idowu said, ” Some of the foundation’s most impactful initiatives and interventions for the year (2023) included: working with about 100 service providers through its Market Systems Development project to support over 49,000 farmers (46.35 per cent females) with recorded cumulative investments by PIND-supported farmers and MSMEs recorded at over N10billion.”
According to him, despite the socio-economic challenges, including rising inflation and foreign exchange rate fluctuations which affected purchasing power in the country, the organisation still making contained efforts to exceed expectations in delivering on its mission to facilitate peace and equitable economic growth in the Niger Delta.
He said ” The year 2023 saw us exceeding expectations and achieving several milestones as we consolidated our previous work and successes while exploring new opportunities,” he said. Together with our partners, [PIND] continued to find creative, people-centred ways to carry out our mission to facilitate peace and equitable economic growth in the Niger Delta.”
“The Niger-Delta-centric PIND, which started in 2010 by giving out grants to other implementers, has since evolved into a go-to resource, convener, and implementer of development programs and projects for other donors in the region.”
The PIND boss noted that the organisation had accomplished all its projects through robust programs focused on community-driven, research-backed needs: prosperity and peace through economic growth and peacebuilding. L, adding that it had consolidated all the achievements from its previous and ongoing work in the Niger Delta while exploring new opportunities for improving livelihoods and ensuring lasting peace in a once conflict-ridden region.
