The Federal Government on Tuesday said it has disbursed over
N6billion to poor households in six out of the 14 local government areas of
Zamfara State.
The disbursement was done under the federal government
Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) scheme in 2020.
Speaking during the flag off of Grant for Rural Women
Project, on Tuesday in Gusau, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster
Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Faruk said the CCT which
commenced in 2016, is designed to deliver timely and accessible cash transfers
to beneficiary households.
“CCT is set to support development objectives, priorities
and to achieve improvement in health and nutrition, school o and retention,
environmental sanitation and empowerment among others,” NAN reports.
Umar-Faruk maintained that a total of 130,000 beneficiaries
from Anka, Bungudu, Birnin Magaji, Kaura Namoda, Tsafe, and Talata Mafara local
government areas received between N30,000 to N80,000.
This she said, is according to the dates each beneficiary
was enrolled into the programme.
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