COVID-19: Kwara State inaugurates post pandemic committee

Date: 2020-07-02

A seven-man committee on the Action Recovery Economic Stimulus Programme for Results (CARES) has been inaugurated by Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State.

A World Bank-backed initiative, the committee was set up to mitigate the effects of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable groups as well as medium and small scale enterprises in the state.

Inaugurating the committee in Ilorin, Governor Abdulrazaq, who was represented by the state Finance Commissioner, Oyeyemi Olasunbo Florence, called for diligence and dedication while carrying out the assignment.

Governor Abdulrazaq outlined the objective of the programme saying "It is to ensure the protection of livelihoods and food security for the poor and vulnerable families."

According to him "the programme also seeks to facilitate quick recovery of economic activities through increasing cash transfers, food security and food supply chains for poor households, and enhancing the capabilities of MSEs in the state," the governor added.

"The Nigeria CARES programme is a World Bank assisted project for results targeted at existing and new vulnerable households, their food supply chains, and Micro and Small Enterprises affected by the COVID-19 infectious disease" He said.

The committee members are Commissioner for Finance, and team lead, Oyeyemi Olasunbo Florence, Commissioner for Enterprise, Femi Agbaje, Technical Assistant on Agriculture to Governor, Abdul A. Olododo, and Senior Special Assistant on Non-Governmental Affairs, Oloruntoyosi Thomas amongst others.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ibraheem Abdullateef     Olokoba     Ariyo     Abdulwahab Oba     Shola Odetundun     Goodluck Jonathan     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Orisa Bridge     Isau     Rotimi Atere     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Yusuf Badmus     Ilorin West     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Atiku Abubakar     Olatunji Bamgbola     Abatemi-Usman     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Alabere     Jebba     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Council Of The Wise     Elerin Of Adanla     Tayo Alao     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Lanre Badmas     Henry Makinwa     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Albert Ogunsola     Tunji Ajanaku     Salman Alada     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Abubakar Lah     ASUU     Ahmad Belgore     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Yusuf Arowosaye     Saheed Popoola     Tunji Moronfoye     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Yakubu Shaaba     Yusuf A. Usman     Musa Abdullahi     Rebecca Bake     Kwara State Government     Afonja Descendants Union     Atiku     Abdulwahab Ololele     Igbaja     Bello Oyebanji     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Labour Party     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Code Of Conduct     Shao     Abiodun Abdulkareem     NITDA     Baba Idris     Usman Alkali Baba     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     John Mayokun Dada     Okanlawon Musa     SGBN     Kolawole Bashirat     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Rafiu Olasile     Kayode Bankole     Justina Oha     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Maigidasanma     Ojuekun     Abdulraheem Olesin     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Kwara South     Adekunle David Dunmade     Sango-UITH Road    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Adedeji Onimago     Share     Patigi Regatta     Nigerian Army     Sa\'adu Salahu     Idofin     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Kaiama     Baba Issa Awoye     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Salami Adekunle     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Olaiya Zuberu     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Azeez Salawu     Ajidagba     Gamji Members Association     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     CCB     Olateju Lukman     Javed Khan     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Kazeem Adekanye     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Village Alive Development Association     Omotoso     Malete     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Hijab     Ridwan Agboola     Tafida Of Ilorin     Samuel Adaramola     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Elections     Government House     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Lateef Fagbemi     NTA Ilorin     Undergraduate Bursary     Public Holiday     Farouk Salim     Ishaq Salman     Olaosebikan     Kannike     T And K FOODS     Oni Adebayo     Oko     Ajikobi     Forgo Battery     Ilorin Central Mosque     Bibire Ajape     David Adesina     Elesie Of Esie     Share-Tsaragi     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Emir Of Yashikira     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Ado Bayero     Raji AbdulRasaq     Muhammed Abdullahi     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Abubakar Aliagan     Baba Issa     Nurudeen Muhammed     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Otuka     Yinka Aluko     Ndakene     Aliyu Kora-Sabi