By Kenneth Obieh
The Commissioner for Economic Planning and the Chairman of the Delta CARES Steering Committee, Mr. Sunny Ekedayen said the present government is doing its best to uplift Deltans out of poverty.
The Commissioner stated this while receiving a team of officials from the Federal CARES Support Unit of the NG-CARES Programme who came on a Pre Mid Term Review visit on the activities of Nigeria CARES in the State.
Mr Ekedayen welcomed the team to the state and assured them of every support they would need to do a thorough job within the period of their stay in the State.
He disclosed that the Governor, His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborewori is very familiar with the program and that he is doing his best to eradicate poverty from Delta State.
The Secretary of the State CARES Steering Committee and Coordinator of the Delta CARES Program, Lady Dr. Patience Ogbewe who gave a detailed explanation of the activities of the program in the State, said the state government had impacted on numerous lives through the CARES intervention.
Earlier, the team lead, who is a Senior Environmental Safeguard Specialists from the Federal CARES Support Unit, Mr Edebeatu Chetachi explained that they came to prepare the State for the Mid-Term Review exericse which would happen much later.
He revealed that the team was in the State to look at what was working in the program implementation and to assist in improving on activities of the program for the benefit of the beneficiaries and the State.