AKROIMA holds training for NG-CARES beneficiaries in AKS

Akan Okon, Ntuk Udeh commend Gov. Emmanuel and task participants on diligence and seriousness

A two-day intensive training for beneficiaries of the World Bank/Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) programme began today, Monday, 29th March, 2021 in Akwa Ibom State.  the training which was hosted by Akwa Ibom State Roads and Other Infrastructure Maintenance Agency (AKROIMA), is aimed at enlightening the staff selected to deliver on the Labour Intensive Public Workfare aspect of the NG-CARES programme.

In his opening remarks, the Chairman Akwa Ibom State COVID-19 Action Recovery Economic Stimulus steering committee, Mr. Akan Okon, while welcoming participants to the event, appreciated Governor Udom Emmanuel for his efforts in making Akwa Ibom State to be one of the benefitting states of the NG-CARES programme.  He thanked the Governor for approving the training to ensure that the selected staff  perform effectively, which by extension would lead to the entire State benefitting maximally from the programme.

Mr. Akan Okon who doubles as the Commissioner for Economic Development and Ibom Deep Seaport, maintained that the NG-CARES programme is a short-term response to the economic and COVID-19 crisis affecting Nigeria, and is designed to support budgeted government interventions at the State level, to restore the livelihoods and food security of poor and vulnerable households and promote recovery of MSEs in the country.

Governor Udom Emmanuel

He therefore urged the participants to listen diligently to the lectures, in order to enhance service delivery in their various jobs descriptions.

On his part, Prince Godwin Ntuk Udeh, Ph.D, who addressed the participants on behalf of AKROIMA, welcomed everyone to the event.  He paid glowing tributes to Governor Udom Emmanuel for his visionary leadership and corporate ingenuity which has earned Akwa Ibom the goodwill from the World Bank as a model State to run the NG-CARES programme aimed at empowering the people as well as alleviating poverty and enhancing human capacity building.

Akparawa Ntuk Udeh appreciated Mr. Akan Okon whose capacity as Chairman of the State CARES Steering Committee, together with his committee members, have helped in the realization of the NG-CARES programme in the State.

He used the occasion to urge participants to be focused and be fully knowledgeable of the programme in order to prevent the hitches that may occur to set back or derail the programme from achieving the purpose for which it was set up.

Resource Persons presented papers on several topics as regards the World Bank/NG CARES programme.