Mrs Elizabeth Egharevba, Chairman, Federal CARES Technical Committee, says the committee has disbursed 645 million dollars (about N1.062 trillion) to states for the implementation of NG-CARES in the country. She said this at the Zonal Peer Learning and Experience Sharing summit of Nigerian Communication for Resilience and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) in Minna on Monday. Egharevba, represented by Dr Abdulkarim Obaje, National Coordinator of NG-CARES, also said that 750 million dollars (about N1.2 trillion) was earmarked to implement the programme from 2021 to 2024 across the country. 'NG-CARES is a World Bank Assisted project, the funds were disbursed under three results programme components for states, including FCT. 'The result areas are social safeness, livelihoods grant and basic services support to poor and vulnerable communities. 'Other areas are support increase food production and enhancing food supply chains, mitigating food loss through food processing and Nano micro-small enterprises,' she sai d. She said the programme had 150 delivery platforms across the country and had impacted on more than nine million people, adding that NG-CARES had been adjudged as most successful among other programmes. She lauded states for ejecting N120 billion into NG-CARES. Egharevba said that the summit brought stakeholders across regions to share experiences, best practices and insights that would help drive progress on shared objectives. In his address, Gov. Umaru Bago of Niger, noted that Niger re-invested the earnings from the last Independent Verification Agents (IVA) on social security in the current cycle to demonstrate the importance of NG-CARES. See also President Tinubu appoints 20 NPC federal commissioners Bago, represented by his deputy, Mr Yakubu Garba, said that the summit was a platform to engage in insightful discussion, exchange best practices and explore innovative solutions. In his opening remarks, Mr Lawal Maikano, Commissioner for Finance, Budget and Economic Planning in Niger, said that the state had invested in the programme with beneficiaries across the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that participants at the summit were from Benue, Kaduna, Gombe, Kogi, Plateau, Rivers and Niger states as well as the FCT. Source: News Agency of Nigeria
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