Source: The Nation

Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on 12 April, 2022 distributed cheques worth N360 million to 24 communities, as part of efforts to cushion the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the poor and vulnerable as well as ensure the reduction of poverty to the barest minimum.

According to the governor, Ekiti State COVID Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (Ekiti CARES) program was the aftermath of how the state was looking at ways to alleviate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the socio-economic well-being of the people and support budgeted government intervention at the state level, targeting existing and newly vulnerable and poor households like farmers, artisans and micro and small scale enterprises affected by the economic crises occasioned by the pandemic.