The official of the World Bank and Federal CARES Support Unit have declared Delta CARES programme to be outstanding in impacting on numerous beneficiaries across the state.
The official revealed that the outstanding performance of the state in the implementation CARES programme should prompt the State government to release more funds to consolidate on the programm’s gains so as to reach out out to more numbers of poor and vulnerable Deltans.
Speaking with our asaba correspondent Akpomejero Friday the Commissioner for Economic Planning and Chairman of the State CARES Steering Committee, Mr. Sonny Ekedayen, appreciated project staff for their professionalism, effectiveness and efficiency which earned the State accolades from the program’s implementors.
Ekedayen noted that program is not taken for granted and It shows the level of commitment that was put into this. If we are going to care for the vulnerable in our midst, we must make sacrifices at the expense of our convenience.
On her part Commissioner for Humanitarian Support Services and the Girl Child Enterprenuership, Hon. Orode Uduaghan, reiterated the willingness of the new administration to reduce poverty to a reasonable minimum level even as encouraged the project staff to continue to put in their best for the good of the state.