By George Odok
Calabar, Jan. 7, 2021 The Cross River Government has inaugurated the COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (CARES) committee to steer the activities of the programme in the state between 2021 and 2023.
Deputy Governor of the state, Prof. Ivara Esu, who inaugurated the team on Wednesday in Calabar, said that the project was timely and coming at a time when the nations economic needed to be stimulated with various programmes.
Newsmen reports that CARES is a World Bank Assisted programme which is supported by the Federal and State Governments to stimulate the economy.
According to Esu, with the coming in of the programme which is scheduled to start by April, the state will consolidate on the gains and reduce her poverty rate of 36.3 to at least a single digit.
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