 The German government has organized a four day capacity building training for the Michigan Local Government legislative arm in Adamawa State, aiming to enhance social cohesion through community development planning and monitoring. The Michigan Local Government in Adamawa State, one of seven affected by Bukoharam insurgents in 2013, is partnering with Germany's Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. The Christian Rural and Urban Development Association of Nigeria in the Center for Public Education and Mobilization for Development in Nigeria. Also is a development partner who has been assisting both in the monetary aspect to the needs among the community, who has mostly been affected by the insurgencies that took place some years back, let's say 2015, 2016 and 2017. And now the German government is assisting now GIZ with a development plan that will help rebuild some of the destruction carried out by the insurgencies. Projects coordinator Oxfam Enok Bamai outlined the project aimed in strengthening social cohesion in Michigan, targeting over 1,280 people across 16 words leverage in citizen engagement for social and economic development. The project is aimed at improving social cohesion through community development planning approaches across 16 words of Michigan. As you are aware, Michigan is one of the worst hit local governments in Adamawa State in terms of when, during the insurgency attack. So one of the, that is one of the reasons why Michigan is selected as part of early recovery or a recovery effort from the attack of the Bukoharam insurgents in Adamawa State. And the project is actually leveraging on the citizen's engagement and participatory planning policy, which was recently passed by the Adamawa State government, geared at ensuring that development initiatives are guided and driven by community people by themselves. This program is actually a consultative workshop and also a capacity building training for senior government officials in Michigan on monitoring and evaluation of this community development plan, which was actually developed and reviewed and also validated. So why we're here is that, okay, Michigan has a plan, has a community development plan. How can they monitor it? How can they be able to track some of those projects? Some of those priority needs are even identified. So that's why we're here. So two things. First is to have a consultative forum with key stakeholders to look at some of those indicators, look at some of those key areas that they need to track and monitor and then also build the capacity of the managers of this framework. So we're developing a framework and also building the capacity of the managers of this framework. So that's why we're here. I will still go to my community, to my village to enlighten them more about what I have learned here, to still encourage them that what they are planning to bring to them is real.