The federal government says it will exclude Nigerians with
more than N5,000 bank balance and those who spend more than N100 on recharge
cards from palliatives.
On March 30, President Muhammadu Buhari announced a lockdown
in Lagos, Ogun and the federal capital territory (FCT) for a period of 14 days.
The president later extended the lockdown by another two weeks to further check
the spread of COVID-19.
Buhari had announced that the federal government would
provide palliatives to support Nigerians while they stay at home.
But addressing journalists in Abuja, Sadiya Umar Farouk,
minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development,
said the ministry would use the social register to identify poor Nigerians in
need of palliatives.
“You are aware that the president in his broadcast of
Monday, April 13, directed that we expand the beneficiaries of the conditional
cash transfer by one million and in this regard, we are going to focus more now
on the urban poor,” she said.
“These are people who depend on the informal sector to earn
their livelihood; they are daily wage earners and these are the people that we
are really going to focus on more as well as people living with disabilities.
“Well, we have three options. One, we are going to use the
national social register that we already have. Two, we are also going to focus
on the urban poor as I mentioned by using their verified BVN accounts to get
them, that is, people that have an account balance of N5, 000 and below.
“We are also using the mobile networks, to know people that
top up the credit units for their phones with maybe N100 or less. These are
people that we consider to be poor and vulnerable. So, these are the three
options that we are exploring and I am sure that by the time we get this data,
we will be able to give this intervention.
“Let me also say that we have a standard. Twenty five
percent of the total population is what we will take out. It cannot go round
everywhere, but we are starting from somewhere. Twenty five percent of let’s
say the location of Lagos State, for example, is what is going to benefit from
this intervention that we are doing. Going forward, we might expand it but this
is what is obtainable for now.”
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Anyway,you should be expecting your votes from 25% of Nigerians that has less than #5000 in their account and that recharge not more than #100 when the election comes.Those that have more than #5000 are not eligible Nigerians right?God is in control of everything. thanks.
ReplyDeleteThis is just the APC myopic thinking,they are cursed with their lier Mohammed as the leader,i just cant hide my hatred for the man and APC
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