Inclusiveness: Zamfara Govt to Set up Socal Protection Council

As part of efforts to ensure inclusiveness, the Zamfara State Government says it will soon inaugurate its first social protection council.

Secretary to the State Government, Kabiru Balarabe stated this in Gusau on Wednesday while declaring open a five-day training for trainers on social inclusion and inclusive social protection.

He lauded the SCI for supporting the state in developing the capacity of the stakeholders through its laudable Child Development Grand Project and ESPID interventions.

Meanwhile, the training which is part of the activities of Expanding Social Protection Inclusive Development, is a UKaid funded project which had participants from social protection implementing MDAs in the state and Civil Society Organisations working on social protection.