By Egheweree Oghenero
The Delta State Government says the administration has earmarked the sum of three point five billion naira aimed at reactivating the COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus Program CARES, as s short-term response to the current economic difficulties and the coronavirus pandemic.
The State Commissioner for Economic Planning and Chairman of the CARES Steering Committee Mr. Sonny Ekedayen, disclosed this at the end of a Two Day Pre Mid-Term Review visit to the state by partners.
Mr. Ekedayen said the fund which was the first in the life of the new dispensation would enable the programme to reach out to more beneficiaries and in return attract more funding from the World Bank.
The Team Lead from the Federal CARES Support Unit Mr. Edebeatu Chetachi, commended the execution of the project in the state, which he noted was according to the World Bank specifications and called for more funds to be released to consolidate the gains achieved.
The Commissioner for Agricultural Resources Mr Perez Omuon and his counterpart in the Ministry of Humanitarian Support Services Miss Orode Uduaghan, alongside the Delta CARES Coordinator Dr Patience Ugbewe, in their separate remarks lauded the impact of the initiative in the state.
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