• Hausa Edition
  • Podcast
  • Conferences
  • LeVogue Magazine
  • Business News
  • Print Advert Rates
  • Online Advert Rates
  • Contact Us
Sunday, June 8, 2025
Leadership Newspapers
Read in Hausa
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
Leadership Newspapers
No Result
View All Result

NG-CARES Funds To The Rescue?

by Editorial
11 months ago
in Editorial
NG-CARES
Share on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XTelegram

Amidst the current hardship which has engendered a call for protest, the federal government recently released over N438billion to 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory, as reimbursement under the Nigeria Community Action for Resilience and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) programme.

Advertisement

The programme ‘aims to expand access to livelihood support and food security services, and grants for poor and vulnerable households and firms.’ As part of the programme, the government also earmarked N700m to support the states in their efforts to mitigate the impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on poor and vulnerable Nigerians.

NG-CARES also strives to increase cash transfers support to poor Nigerians, ensure a rise in “food security and safe functioning of food supply chains for poor households; and enable recovery of medium and small enterprises.

Basically, the NG-CARES programme is designed to mitigate the negative impact of the socioeconomic shocks occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. Similarly, it aims to address other shocks through the provision of grants and basic social infrastructure services in poor communities.

Funds from the programme are channeled towards various projects, including social safety nets, food security and support to small businesses with the most vulnerable Nigerians as the main target.

RELATED

How To Achieve Tobacco Harm Reduction – Baker

A Decade Of Broken Promises On Tobacco Control

36 minutes ago
NSF 2024: Kalu, Invited Athletes’ Amarachi Excel In Weightlifting

A National Sports Festival, A National Mourning

21 hours ago

Remarkably, the National Coordinator of NG-CARES Programme, Dr Abdulkarim Obaje said the funds were disbursed based on the results achieved by the states and FCT during the third Independent Verification Agency assessment carried out in January 2024.

Zamfara State topped the list with N49 billion followed by Nasarawa state which earned N27 billion while Plateau state emerged the third highest earner with N26 billion.fathe0

“This reimbursement is aimed at supporting the state governments and the FCT in addressing the pressing challenges of multidimensional poverty. It will also enable them to deepen efforts at improving the livelihoods and resilience of the poor and vulnerable segment of the population,” the coordinator noted.

The disbursement couldn’t have come at a better time. It came when Nigerians were planning to stage a protest against the raging hunger, rising cost of living and among other debilitating conditions under which most citizens barely survive.

It is interesting to note that as a social intervention package, the fund is principally to address hunger and enhance the living conditions of the citizenry which is at its worst stage ever in the history of the nation.

With the National Bureau of Statistics’ data showing that an alarming 63 per cent (about 133 million Nigerians) are multidimensionally poor, most of whom are scattered across the 36 states of the federation and the FCT, there is the need to interrogate efforts by the subnational governments to combat poverty.

How have the states fared thus far in addressing the challenges of multi-dimensional poverty? Do these interventions really get to people that truly need them? Since these interventions are short term measures, what sustainability plans are in place for a lasting solution to hunger?

As the states settle down to expend the latest disbursement, we would like to remind managers of such funds that the money is targeted at social intervention programmes and must be deployed for such without prejudice so as to bring succour and meaningful improvement to the lives of many poor and underserved Nigerians.

History of such funds are replete with abuses and widespread allegations that governors either outrightly divert the funds or misapplied them in areas not in line with the objectives for which the monies were given.

In our  opinion, since this disbursement is made at a time there is a feeling of angst across the country, arising principally from the rising cost of living, state governments can do well to ensure effective deployment of the funds to the vulnerable to help cushion the impact of the current hardship.

We urge citizens to monitor how the state governments expend the NG-CARES funds by insisting that they are spent in ways that will provide immediate relief to the vulnerable and poor Nigerians, smallholder farmers and  Medium and  Small Enterprises (MSEs).

Without doubt, the NG-CARES programme is plausible since its objectives are to protect the livelihoods and ensure food security for especially the poor and vulnerable families and facilitate the recovery of local economic activity. For the citizens to effectively benefit, concerted efforts must be made to realise these noble objectives and that begins with judicious utilisation of the funds.

 

 

 

 


We’ve got the edge. Get real-time reports, breaking scoops, and exclusive angles delivered straight to your phone. Don’t settle for stale news. Join LEADERSHIP NEWS on WhatsApp for 24/7 updates →

Join Our WhatsApp Channel

START EARNING US DOLLARS as a Nigerian ($35,000) monthly. Companies are sacking their workers due to AI (artificial intelligence), business owners are in panic mode. Only the smart will make it. Click here


Tags: NG-CARES
SendShareTweetShare
Previous Post

NNPCL Supplies Us Insufficient Crude Oil – Dangote

Next Post

Immigration Intensifies Security At Borders To Check Mercenaries

Editorial

Editorial

You May Like

How To Achieve Tobacco Harm Reduction – Baker
Editorial

A Decade Of Broken Promises On Tobacco Control

2025/06/08
NSF 2024: Kalu, Invited Athletes’ Amarachi Excel In Weightlifting
Editorial

A National Sports Festival, A National Mourning

2025/06/07
Eid al-Adha: A Lesson In Service And Sacrifice
Editorial

Eid al-Adha: A Lesson In Service And Sacrifice

2025/06/06
Don’t Kill The Fun
Editorial

Improving Voter Turnout In Future Elections

2025/06/05
Nigeria And Fragmented ECOWAS
Editorial

ECOWAS At 50: Resetting West Africa’s Growth Agenda

2025/06/04
Flood: We Lost 200 Lives, 1000  Still Missing – Niger Govt
Editorial

Niger Floods: Between Preparedness And Disaster

2025/06/03
Leadership Conference advertisement

LATEST

Risk Managers Seek Review Of Nigeria’s Early Warning Systems

$300m AMCE To Curb Medical Tourism Drain

COAS Lauds Army Veterans, Reaffirms Support For Welfare

Ebonyi Community Laments Govt’s Silence On Killings

Senator Karimi Pledges To Deepen Democratic Gains In Kogi West

Zulum Donates N100m To Wounded Soldiers, Bereaved Families

Kaduna PDP Decries Govt’s Inaction Against Banditry

Ex -Minister Ogah Joins Kalu In Push For Tinubu’s Re-election

Liberia’s Ex-Speaker Charged With Arson Over Parliament Fire

Cleric Warns Nigerians Against Colluding With Bandits

© 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us

© 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved.