Yobe SOLID Project to Complement Govt Infrastructure Drive – Acting SSG
By Ahmed Isah
The Yobe Government says the Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons and Host Communities (SOLID) Project will complement ongoing investments in critical infrastructure by the state government and promote sustainable development across vulnerable communities.
The Acting Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr Mohammed Goje, said this on Wednesday while declaring open a one-day SOLID Infrastructure Project Stakeholders’ Meeting in Damaturu.
Goje described the project as a strategic intervention aimed at strengthening community resilience, improving access to essential public services, restoring livelihoods and providing durable solutions for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and their host communities.
According to him, the initiative aligns with the state government’s development agenda on urban renewal, climate resilience and inclusive socio-economic development.
“The SOLID Project is more than an infrastructure programme. It is a strategic investment in resilience, improved public services, sustainable livelihoods and durable solutions for displaced populations and their host communities,” he said.
The acting SSG said the government expected implementing Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to uphold professionalism, accountability and collaboration during project execution.
He said the agencies had critical responsibilities in providing technical leadership, ensuring regulatory compliance, supporting environmental and social safeguards, engaging communities and promoting the sustainability of project investments.
Goje stressed that the success of the project would depend on effective coordination among the State Project Coordination Unit, implementing MDAs, local government councils, traditional institutions, beneficiary communities and development partners.
“Effective collaboration will enable us to deliver quality projects efficiently, avoid duplication, resolve implementation challenges promptly and ensure that these investments continue to serve our communities long after project completion,” he said.
He urged stakeholders to sustain collaboration to deliver quality infrastructure, strengthen livelihoods and achieve measurable development outcomes for the people of the state.
Earlier, the State Project Coordinator, Suleiman Dauda, presented an overview of the project’s implementation roadmap, saying Yobe had successfully completed the required readiness milestones for full implementation.
Dauda said the first-year implementation plan would prioritise investments in road infrastructure, water supply, waste management and other critical public infrastructure to improve service delivery and enhance community resilience.
He called on implementing MDAs to provide the required technical leadership and institutional support to ensure that project interventions complied with approved standards and best practices.
“Our collective responsibility is to ensure that every investment under the SOLID Project delivers quality, value for money, transparency and sustainable benefits for the people of Yobe State,” he said.
The meeting was attended by commissioners, permanent secretaries, heads of implementing MDAs, technical experts and members of the State Project Coordination Unit.
Participants reviewed implementation readiness, clarified institutional responsibilities and discussed strategies to strengthen inter-agency coordination for the successful implementation of the project across the state.
