Report of Sensitization of Marginalized and Vulnerable Groups under the National Fadama Development Project-Ii in Ogun State

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Following the lessons learnt under the National Fadama Development Project -J, the National Fadama Development Project-II (NFDP-Il) has as one of its major objective to foster the inclusion of all social groups and to ensure that they benefit from the project. These groups are to be included in the participatory planning process that will result in the Local Development plans to be funded and in their implcrncnuuion. Experiences show that there is yet low level of awareness among the marginal ized and vulnerable groups. Hence, the need to place emphasis on the less dominant fadama users (fishers and pastoralists) and the more marginalized ones (hunters, gathers of edibles and non-edibles). Moreover, vulnerable groups, such as, women, widows, unemployed youths and elderly, are to be targeted to ensure they are beneficiaries of project-funded activities. This culminated in the sensitization exercise of the vulnerable and marginalized groups in the 10 participating LGAs in Ogun state.

• The sensitization exercise aims at enhancing the understanding of the Project design, approach, components, resources, processes and implementation procedures among community members in the participating Local Government Areas; enlist the full participation of women and other vulnerable and often marginalized groups in all Project-related activities; as well as develop a data bank of men and women with the potential to facilitate Project implementation.