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Kaduna State Community and Social Development Agency Law, No. 4 0f 2020

Country/Territory
Nigeria
Territorial subdivision
Kaduna
Document type
Legislation
Date
2020
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Agricultural & rural development
Keyword
Agricultural development Capacity building Community management Governance Public participation Rural employment Social protection
Geographical area
Africa, North Atlantic, Western Africa
Abstract

This Law establishes the Community and Social Development Agency as a legal person, with the objectives to improve the socio-economic conditions of the population at the grassroots level by promoting prompt delivery of services geared towards poverty reduction in the state, encourage and increase the capacity of communities to participate in community development projects and ensure community participation in the maintenance of projects after their completion. The Agency is charged with the following functions including; formulating policies and strategies for the effective implementation of projects geared towards poverty reduction and community development in the state; appraising applications received on projects against effective criteria spelt out in the operation manual to determine those projects to support, reject or revise; carrying out public enlightenment and mobilising communities towards poverty reduction, supervising, monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the community, rural and social development programmes in the state, among others. Communities are actively engaged in fulfilling the mandates of the law by making them responsible for the preparation, implementation and supervision of projects and the funds contributed by the communities. The Agency may raise funds through sums, investments and properties vested in it, loans or grants, allocations by the state legislature, gifts, among others.

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