Let's Talk CSDP!

Back ground Info:

Community and Social Development Project (CSDP) initiative is borne out of the Federal Government of Nigeria/World Bank (FGN/WB) partnership specifically designed to carry out projects utilizing the Community-Driven Development (CDD) approach. Gombe State, among other 26 participating states, joined this initiative which started in 2009 after the adoption of the FGN/WB CDD approach as the overall strategy for poverty reduction in the country. The strategy involves empowering communities by giving them resources and the authority to use them flexibly; use resources more efficiently and cost effectively by channeling funds directly to communities, improving targeting and achieving more results on the ground.

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Did you see GOMBE STATE up there?

Let's talk about it first. 

Gombe State is located in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria in West Africa; it was carved out of the former Bauchi State on October 1st 1996. The State has a land mass area of 20, 265sqkm with a warm climate not exceeding 30"c during hottest months (March-May). The annual rainfall has an average of 8.50mm. The state has a population 2,353,879 according to the 2006 Population and Housing Census with a projected population of 2,657,246 for the year 2010. Females and males constitute 47.4% and 52.6% of the population respectively. The State is divided into three geopolitical zones. These zones are further divided into eleven Local Government Areas. Gombe is the capital while the major towns include Bajoga, Billiri, Dukku, Gombe, Kaltungo and Kumo. The ethnic composition is multi-ethnic mainly made up of Fulani, Tangale, Waja, Bolewa and Tera. Others include Jukun, Jara, Pero, Tula, Cham, Lunguda, Dadiya, Kamu, Awak, Kanuri and Hausa. Gombe State is made up of people of diverse ethnic, cultural and religious backgrounds. The topography of the state is mainly mountainous, undulating and hilly to the South-East and fiat open plains in the Central, North, North-East, West and North-West. The vegetation of the state is that of Guinea Savannah grassland with concentration of wood lands in the South East and South West. The water resources available in the state include the river Gongola that traverses the State watering most of the Northern and North-Eastern part of the state before emptying into the River Benue at Numan. 

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 The PDOs!

What are they?

The letters PDO stands for Project Development Objectives.

The CSDP PDOs will be discussed in the next blog.