President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has said more than
7 million Nigerians are beneficiaries of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT).
Sadiya Umar Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs said
this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
The programme is under the National Social Investment
Programme (NSIP).
Farouq accused “unpatriotic persons” of trying to give it a
bad name and image.
The official explained that the CCT releases a monthly
stipend of N5,000 to the poorest and most vulnerable Nigerian households,
mostly in the rural communities.
She said as at December 2020, the programme operated in 33
states of the country and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
“A total of 1,414,983 beneficiaries with 7,068,629
individual household member beneficiaries have been enrolled, covering 487
Local Government Areas, 4,716 Wards and 37,628 Communities.”
Farouq noted that the programme targets to cover all states
of the federation by March 2021.
“The programme has a clearly defined implementation
structure with an electronic base beneficiary enrolment system that focuses on
the Poor and Vulnerable Households (PVHHs) culled from the National Social
Register.”
For those insisting that the programme was enmeshed in
corruption, the minister advised them to visit the National Social Safety Net
Project’s website for more information.
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