COVID-19: Fayemi inaugurates State CARES steering committee
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By Rotimi Ojomoyela, Ado-Ekiti
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has inaugurated a nine-man committee to give policy direction to the implementation of the State COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (CARES) programme
The programme which was designed to support the livelihood of the poor and vulnerable households in the State, is a jointly developed World Bank-supported programme aimed at mitigating the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the socio-economic wellbeing of the people.
Governor Fayemi while inaugurating the committee member in Ado- Ekiti, to mark the formal activation of the CARES programme in the State, explained that the programme would also support budgeted state government interventions for farmers, artisans, Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) affected by the economic crisis occasioned by the pandemic.
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•Project Funded Through World Bank Facility
Lagos State Government has rolled out a $20 million Coronavirus (COVID-19) Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (Lagos CARES) Programme to support livelihood for poor and vulnerable households and to expand food security services in the State.
At the State House, Alausa, on Wednesday, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu launched the social intervention project that is focused on offering safety net to residents whose means of livelihood had been disrupted by the impacts of COVID-19 and also to building resilience of the State.
The programme, which will be implemented for 24 months, is being funded through $750 million facility secured from the World Bank by the Federal Government for Nigeria-CARES project. Other states also benefited from the stimulus programme.
FBR, World Bank agree to enhance cooperation
Discuss difficulties being encountered while implementing reform interventions
APP
April 18, 2021
ISLAMABAD:
Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Asim Ahmad and World Bank Country Director for Pakistan Najy Benhassine have agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation between the two institutions.
In a meeting on Saturday, the two heads discussed World Bank’s ‘Pakistan Raises Revenue’ program worth $400 million, which is aimed at domestic resource mobilisation through the automation of tax collection processes and simplification of tax compliance procedures.
The FBR chairman gave an update on the progress of the reforms agenda covering 10 Disbursement Linked Indicators (DLIs).
FBR chairman meets WB country director
National
April 17, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank’s Country Director for Pakistan, Najy Benhassine, called on FBR Chairman Asim Ahmad on Friday. It was an introductory meeting following Asim Ahmad’s recent appointment as the chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue.
The two officials discussed the World Bank-sponsored reforms programme ‘Pakistan Raises Revenue’, which is a $400 million programme for domestic resource mobilisation through the automation of tax collection processes and the simplification of tax compliance procedures.
The FBR chairman gave an update on the progress of the Reforms agenda covering 10 Disbursement Linked Indicators (DLIs) and also shared concerns regarding the difficulties being encountered in progress on reform interventions involving data sharing with provinces and the Sindh High Court’s stay on the track and trace process.
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