Sadiya Umar Farouq, the minister of humanitarian affairs,
disaster management and social development, says it is against the norms to
publish the names of individuals that benefit from government interventions.
Speaking on Wednesday during the presidential task force
briefing on COVID-19, the minister said it is against “human dignity” to
support someone and then make it public.
She revealed that the government has the record of the
beneficiaries of the conditional cash transfer (CCT) programme and COVID-19
palliatives in states, local governments and communities.
“We were given 70,000 metric tonnes of grains. As of today,
we were able to deploy 9,320 metric tonnes of grains to these three affected
areas. That is about 334 trucks, while Kano is ongoing. Fifty trucks are almost
arriving Kano,” she said.
There has been criticism over the sharing of the palliatives
across the country.
HEDA, a civil society group, has accused government “at all
levels” of failing Nigerians.
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