National Fadama Development Project (III) Implementation and the Target Class: Evidence from Abuja Area Councils

Abstract

This article employed a descriptive Statistical technique to investigate the level of reaching out to the primary target class in terms of Implementation of the National Fadama Development Project III in Abuja Area Councils. We used primary data collated from 114 respondents via a structured questionnaire to the Fadama User Groups (FUGs) in Abuja. The level of reaching out to the primary target class as enshrined in the Project Implementation Manual (PIM), 2009 was scrutinised through the examination of the socio-economic characteristics of the respondents from the Fadama III project users in Abuja. Findings from the results showed that, the project was able to achieve its objective as the primary target class were the real beneficiaries of the National Fadama Development Project III intervention activity in Abuja Area Councils. Sustainability in terms of implementation approach was recommended therefore and, its broad extension to cover the entire poor and the rural poor in particular for the achievement of poverty eradication, food security and economic empowerment.