The Ogun NEWMAP project was specifically designed in response to the State Government’s request as initiated by His Excellency, Prince Dapo Abiodun MFR to the World Bank to support the State in addressing the age-long, and yet worsening problem of erosion and land degradation in order to reduce vulnerability to ravaging gully erosion in targeted watersheds.
The Project Development Objective (PDO) of the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) “is to reduce the vulnerability of soil erosion in targeted sub-catchments”.