Na so Kogi State Community and Social Development Agency (CSDA) don land big news wey go shake ground well well! Dem don get approval to launch NG-CARES 2.0, the next level of their previous NG-CARES 1.0. This one na straight from the World Bank pocket, so you know say e go carry serious weight.
Chief Momoh Dauda, the General Manager for Kogi CSDA, shine di light on top this new development during one training wey happen for Okene. E talk say dem don already burst ground with 74 community development plans and 187 micro-projects wey don touch 2.5 million lives. Abeg, wetin you dey wait for if you no sabi say this one na high-impact program?
Dauda no fit hide him joy as e yan say Governor Usman Ododo don drop money for dem account before dem even start di program for December. E say with this new $500 million wey dem get for NG-CARES 2.0, dem go sure pass wetin dem do before. Na true, we dey expect big things!
This training no be small thing o, as dem gather Local Government Review Committees and Desk Officers from different LGAs like Adavi, Ajaokuta, Okehi, and others. Dis one go ensure say everyone sabi the road to better implementation and oversight for community projects.
Dem go still learn how to make sure say every intervention wey dem dey plan no dey leave people behind, especially di vulnerable communities. Wetin we dey talk be say, everybody dey important for this development gist, no be just for big men alone.
Di first phase of di training na just the beginning, as dem go also train dem on environmental protection and gender equality. Aina Ekundayo wey be Director of Local Government for Yagba East don already praise di training as eye-opener, abi wetin you expect?
Na serious work dem dey do here as dem also carry senior government officials and experts to break down di objectives of NG-CARES 2.0 to ensure say everybody dey on di same page. E go sweet to see how dem go implement all dis plans wey go change lives!
If you dey reason how dis program fit affect you directly, make you no dull yourself. Di aim na to enhance livelihood, improve access to basic services, and make everybody, including di vulnerable ones, chop well from di development o. My people, NG-CARES 2.0 go carry better things come Kogi!
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