{"id":102936,"date":"2023-12-03T10:44:55","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T09:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ng-cares-fg-distributes-n135-4-billion-to-states-fct"},"modified":"2023-12-03T13:57:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T12:57:45","slug":"ng-cares-fg-distributes-n135-4-billion-to-states-fct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/ng-cares-fg-distributes-n135-4-billion-to-states-fct","title":{"rendered":"NG-CARES: FG distributes N135.4 billion to states, FCT"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Federal Government has distributed N135.4 billion to states and the FCT following the second Independent Assessment of Results obtained under the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES).<\/p>\n

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), NG-CARES is a $750 million Performance For Results Programme supported by the World Bank.<\/p>\n

The National Coordinator of the NG-CARES Programme, Dr Abdulkarim Obaje, made this known in a statement issued on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Obaje said the money was distributed based on the outcomes achieved by the states and the FCT in their efforts to assist poor and vulnerable Nigerians through the NG-CARES initiative.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe top three best-performing states in this Second Round of Assessment are Nasarawa which earned N13,697,828,496.96, Cross River N10,944,747,818.84, and Zamfara N10,231,055,267.82.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a milestone achievement in the efforts of President Bola Tinubu\u2019s administration at providing funds towards addressing multi-dimensional poverty in the country,\u201d Obaje noted.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Federal Government has distributed N135.4 billion to states and the FCT following the second Independent Assessment of Results obtained under the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES). According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), NG-CARES is a $750 million Performance For Results Programme supported by the World Bank. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":102935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,15],"tags":[1570,2140,622,701,12060,254],"class_list":["post-102936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-fct","tag-fg","tag-ng-cares","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nNG-CARES: FG distributes N135.4 billion to states, FCT - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Federal Government has distributed N135.4 billion to states and the FCT following the second Independent Assessment ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/ng-cares-fg-distributes-n135-4-billion-to-states-fct\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NG-CARES: FG distributes N135.4 billion to states, FCT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Federal Government has distributed N135.4 billion to states and the FCT following the second Independent Assessment ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/ng-cares-fg-distributes-n135-4-billion-to-states-fct\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-03T09:44:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-03T12:57:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/sm_1701591894.826636.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/ng-cares-fg-distributes-n135-4-billion-to-states-fct#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/ng-cares-fg-distributes-n135-4-billion-to-states-fct\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"NG-CARES: FG distributes N135.4 billion to states, FCT\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-03T09:44:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-03T12:57:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/ng-cares-fg-distributes-n135-4-billion-to-states-fct\"},\"wordCount\":168,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/ng-cares-fg-distributes-n135-4-billion-to-states-fct#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/sm_1701591894.826636.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"FCT\",\"FG\",\"NG-CARES\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/ng-cares-fg-distributes-n135-4-billion-to-states-fct#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/ng-cares-fg-distributes-n135-4-billion-to-states-fct\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/ng-cares-fg-distributes-n135-4-billion-to-states-fct\",\"name\":\"NG-CARES: FG distributes N135.4 billion to states, FCT - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/ng-cares-fg-distributes-n135-4-billion-to-states-fct#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/ng-cares-fg-distributes-n135-4-billion-to-states-fct#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/sm_1701591894.826636.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-03T09:44:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-03T12:57:45+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Federal Government has distributed N135.4 billion to states and the FCT following the second Independent Assessment ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/ng-cares-fg-distributes-n135-4-billion-to-states-fct#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/ng-cares-fg-distributes-n135-4-billion-to-states-fct\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/ng-cares-fg-distributes-n135-4-billion-to-states-fct#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/sm_1701591894.826636.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/sm_1701591894.826636.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"NG-CARES: FG distributes N135.4 billion to states, FCT\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/ng-cares-fg-distributes-n135-4-billion-to-states-fct#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NG-CARES: FG distributes N135.4 billion to states, FCT\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NG-CARES: FG distributes N135.4 billion to states, FCT - Nigeria","description":"The Federal Government has distributed N135.4 billion to states and the FCT following the second Independent Assessment ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/ng-cares-fg-distributes-n135-4-billion-to-states-fct","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"NG-CARES: FG distributes N135.4 billion to states, FCT","og_description":"The Federal Government has distributed N135.4 billion to states and the FCT following the second Independent Assessment ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/ng-cares-fg-distributes-n135-4-billion-to-states-fct","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2023-12-03T09:44:55+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-12-03T12:57:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/sm_1701591894.826636.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/ng-cares-fg-distributes-n135-4-billion-to-states-fct#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/ng-cares-fg-distributes-n135-4-billion-to-states-fct"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"NG-CARES: FG distributes N135.4 billion to states, FCT","datePublished":"2023-12-03T09:44:55+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-03T12:57:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/ng-cares-fg-distributes-n135-4-billion-to-states-fct"},"wordCount":168,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/ng-cares-fg-distributes-n135-4-billion-to-states-fct#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/sm_1701591894.826636.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Nigeria","FCT","FG","NG-CARES","Nigeria"],"articleSection":["all news","Economy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/ng-cares-fg-distributes-n135-4-billion-to-states-fct#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/ng-cares-fg-distributes-n135-4-billion-to-states-fct","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/ng-cares-fg-distributes-n135-4-billion-to-states-fct","name":"NG-CARES: FG distributes N135.4 billion to states, FCT - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/ng-cares-fg-distributes-n135-4-billion-to-states-fct#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/ng-cares-fg-distributes-n135-4-billion-to-states-fct#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/sm_1701591894.826636.jpg","datePublished":"2023-12-03T09:44:55+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-03T12:57:45+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Federal Government has distributed N135.4 billion to states and the FCT following the second Independent Assessment ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/ng-cares-fg-distributes-n135-4-billion-to-states-fct#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/ng-cares-fg-distributes-n135-4-billion-to-states-fct"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/ng-cares-fg-distributes-n135-4-billion-to-states-fct#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/sm_1701591894.826636.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/sm_1701591894.826636.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"NG-CARES: FG distributes N135.4 billion to states, FCT"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/ng-cares-fg-distributes-n135-4-billion-to-states-fct#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NG-CARES: FG distributes N135.4 billion to states, FCT"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}