NG-CARES: FG disburses N135.4b to states, FCT

NG-CARES: FG disburses N135.4b to states, FCT

The Federal Government has disbursed N135.4 billion to States and the FCT, after the second Independent Assessment of Results achieved under the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES).

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NG-CARES is a World Bank-assisted $750 million Performance For Results Programme.

The National Coordinator of NG-CARES Programme, Dr Abdulkarim Obaje, made this known in a statement by Suleiman Odapu, Information and Communication Officer, NG-CARES, on Sunday in Abuja.

Obaje said the funds were disbursed based on the results achieved by the States and FCT in their efforts at supporting poor and vulnerable Nigerians under the NG-CARES programme.

” The top three best performing states in this Second Round of Assessment are Nasarawa which earned N13,697,828,496.96, Cross River N10,944,747,818.84 and Zamfara N10,231,055,267.82.

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