Edo trains 169 individuals from vulnerable households for EDO-CARES grants

No fewer than 169 Individuals from vulnerable households have been trained, on Friday, in Benin to benefit from the Nigeria CARES (COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (N-CARES) code named EDO-CARES) grants in Edo.

The permanent secretary, ministry of youth and humanitarian affairs, Mrs Ifueko Alufohai, who disclosed this during a one-day livelihood support training and orientation organised by the State Cash Transfer Unit (SCTU), explained that the beneficiaries would be given grants ranging from N20,000 to N200,000.

Alufohai explained that the N-CARES was an emergency relief world bank-funded programme put in place to ameliorate the adverse effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on livelihoods, especially of the operators of businesses in the informal sector.

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• Edo trains 169 individuals from vulnerable households for EDO-CARES grants
• Edo trains 169 individuals from vulnerable households for EDO-CARES grants

The head, State Cash Transfer Unit, Flora Bossey, in her welcome address said the programme was designed for economically active youth and women.

According to Bossey, “this programme is Disbursement Linked Indicator (DLI 1.3) under the EDO-CARES livelihood support programme, one of the eleven DLI being supported by the state government.

“The programme is taking place in two pilot local government areas of Oredo and Ikpoba-Okha in the state. The beneficiaries were selected from the state social register for the poor and vulnerable households.

“The state government has made it possible for the beneficiaries to receive grants to improve their businesses that were affected by COVID-19.

She added that the training was the first round of livelihood and soft skills training to support the beneficiaries’ businesses before the grants would be disbursed.

Mrs Precious Osunde, who spoke on behalf of the beneficiaries, thanked the state government for the kind gesture and promised to expand her business with the grant.