By: John Bassey, Kebbi.
The Kebbi State Governor, Comrade Dr Nasir Idris has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to promoting NG-CARES Programme, already domesticated as KAURA CARES in the state.
He gave the assurance on Tuesday at the North-West Stakeholders’ Consultative Meeting, titled: “Nigeria Community Action for Resilience and Economy Stimulus”, Kebbi State cares coordinating unit, held at the Presidential lodge, Birnin Kebbi.
Gov. Idris stated that the programme had received all the support it requires, saying: “The results here in Kebbi speak for themselves.
“It is under this programme that for the very first time in Nigeria, a subnational government gave grants of N100,000 to 65,000 people, amounting to N6.5 billion.
“Let me state for the record that my administration will continue to support all facets of this programme now and into the future, Kebbi State cares for Kebbi people, my administration will continue to CARE and Kaura will continue to CARE.”
He urged the participants to be attentive and constructive in their criticism and allow the exercise to serve as a platform for an improved NG-CARES 2.0 when it begins.
In his speech, the Hon. Commissioner for Budget, Dr Abba Sani Kalgo thanked Gov. Idris for supporting the less privileged in the state.
He added that the present administration under the able leadership of Dr Nasir Idris, which according to him, has played its role in supporting NG-CARES implementation across the state.
“This is one of the reasons why Kebbi State has consistently been amongst the top performing states in the NG-CARES programme in all the four assessments conducted,” he said.
In his remarks, the National Coordinator of the Zonal Stakeholders’ Meeting, Dr Abdularim Obaje, appreciated the Kebbi State Governor for his commitment towards streamlining the programme.
The coordinator said that the meeting aimed to review the performance of the Independent Verification Agent under NG-CARES.
“The meeting will provide an opportunity to review the performance of the IVA holistic with a view to strengthening the process of verification of results under NG-CARES.
“This is against the backdrop of the fact that the IVA has conducted four rounds of assessments in the states and FCT and also the stakeholders who have robust knowledge of the process,” he noted.