Adamawa to spend ₦3bn on NG-CARES Programme – Dep. Gov.

The Adamawa Government has approved over ₦3 billion in the 2022 budget for the three delivery platforms of NG-CARES programmes in the state.

Chief Crowther Seth, Deputy Governor of Adamawa, made the revelation in Yola when he welcomed officials from the NG-CARES Support Unit and the World Bank who were paying a courtesy visit to the state on Friday.

NG-CARES is a state operation supported by the World Bank for a sum of 750 million dollars of credit to support the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The program also aims to mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the livelihoods of poor and vulnerable households and micro-enterprises in the country.

Seth said that the mission and vision of the NG-CARES program were in line with the state government’s 11-point agenda, which includes: agriculture, industrialization and wealth creation, water supply, empowerment of youth and women, among others.

He described NG-CARES as people-oriented and added that the state government was on track to support such development initiatives through the delivery platforms of FADAMA, the Community Social Development Program and PAWECA.

The Lieutenant Governor praised the Federal Government and the World Bank for the partnership, noting that it has laudable potential to lift people out of extreme poverty.

Speaking earlier, Abdulkarim Obaje, National Coordinator, Federal NG-CARES, said that they were on a program implementation support mission to Adamawa and that the 36 states had obtained N35.3 billion Bank approval through the Federal Government. in March 2022.

It revealed that Adamawa, for its part, received N900 million to enable its delivery platforms to start the implementation of the NG-CARES programme.