NG-CARES
31 Oct
The Federal Government has revealed that the total results achieved under the Nigeria Community Action for Resilience and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) programme in the last three years of its implementation amount to $834 million. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning, Dr Vitalis Emeka Obi who disclosed this at the opening of a…
28 Oct
The Federal Government says it is requesting the World Bank to support the extension of the Nigeria Community Action for Resilience and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) programme with an additional $500 million. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning, Dr. Emeka Vitalis Obi, who disclosed this at the opening of the national peer learning…
27 Sep
The Nigeria Community Action for Resilience and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) said that over nine million Nigerians have benefitted from the initiative. READ ALSO:Abia leads Southeast states in NG-Cares implementation The National Coordinator of NG-CARES, Dr Abdulkarim Obaje, stated this during the fifth Zonal Peer Learning and Experience Sharing Event of the programme on Friday…
19 Sep
Abia State led other South East states in implementing the Nigerian Community Action for Resilience and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) programmes. The programme formerly called Nigeria COVID-19 Action for Recovery and Economic Stimulus is a $750 million World Bank-supported programme implemented by the 36 states and Federal Capital Territory (FCT). It is to mitigate the impact…
2 Sep
No fewer than 922 youths and women in Edo on Monday benefited from the first batch of the Nigeria Community Action for Resilience and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) Project, Edo Livelihood Support grant. The beneficiaries are from the first batch under the Livelihood Support Disbursement Linked Indicator (DLI 1.3) of the EDO CARES Project fourth phase,…
30 Aug
The Kogi State Enterprise Development Agency (KEDA) has declared that all its 26 adhoc staff have been paid their entitlements and are officially disengaged, following the expiration of the World Bank programme (NG-CARES). The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of KEDA, Muhammad Kadiri Okeji, disclosed this to newsmen on Friday in Lokoja. He said…
10 Aug
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has criticised the Federal Government’s depiction of the N570 billion distributed to states as a “Hardship Fund,” describing it as a misrepresentation of facts. In a newsletter released on Thursday evening, Makinde clarified that the funds in question were not directly provided by the Federal Government. Instead, they were…
9 Aug
The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, has said that Nigeria’s $20 billion budget lags behind the budgets of other populous countries such as Indonesia and Brazil, and may not support fast-paced development.
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