by Ademola Adeleke
Over one hundred business owners in Ekiti State have benefitted from the first tranche of the COVID 19 Action Recovery Economic Stimulus package, EK-CARES, of the state government.
The State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, who flagged off the distribution of cheques to the 107, out of seven hundred beneficiaries, said government will continue to implement policies that would bring succour to the people, especially those affected by the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.
The Governor, represented by his commissioner for finance, Mr Akintunde Oyebode, said that the largesse was to help the beneficiaries recover from the damages caused by the outbreak of COVID-19.
He charged the beneficiaries to make use of the grants, stressing that government would ensure close monitoring of the spending.
The Ekiti state Director General of the Microfinance and Enterprise Development Agency, Mr Kayode Fasae, said that the project was designed to assist the small and medium scale businesses that were badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
He added that beneficiaries were picked from across the sixteen local governments areas of the state.
There was a good will message from the Head of service, Mr Bamidele Agbede, who was represented at the occasion by a Permanent Secretary, Dr Oyeyemi Kayode-Ojo.
