How many are being helped answered in a Nigerian survey

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A Nigerian World Bank assisted project helps to build infrastructure in communities. A survey was released to measure how many communities have been helped by the project. - Kale

Federal Government has said that nine states, ninety-six local government areas and one thousand three hundred communities have so far benefited from its poverty reduction intervention projects under the World Bank assisted Local Empowerment and Environmental Management Project (LEEMP).

Minister of Environment, Housing and Urban Development, Halima Tayo Alao gave the outcome of the federal government pilot initiative while launching the programme jingle.

She said LEEMP had shown that devolving responsibility and authority to communities, with government providing policy guidance and facilitation is a sure way of guaranteeing attainment of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), rescue poverty and achieve sustainable development and growth.

She said the programme taps into the existing social capital in various communities and is geared towards supporting rural communities in undertaking micro- projects in areas of agriculture, health centres, schools construction and rehabilitation.

The Minister while explaining the involvement of the Ministry in championing such a multi-sectoral course said it is to ensure that sustainable use and management of environment is at the heart of every development effort in the country.

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