No fewer than 146 Poor and vulnerable households comprising 69 per cent of women on Friday benefitted from the Nigeria Coronavirus (COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (N-CARES) code named EDO-CARES, grants in Edo.
The approved amount for the beneficiaries ranges from N20,000 to N200,000 to be paid into their verified bank accounts.
Mrs Ifueko Alufohai, the Permanent Secretary, of the Ministry of Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs, said during the grants presentation ceremony in Benin that the programme was designed to cushion the negative impact the COVID-19 pandemic had on livelihoods in the state.
Alufohai, who was represented by Mr. Johnson Adebayo, a…
Source: Nigerian Tribune
