The Lagos State Government through the Ministry for Wealth
Creation and Employment, has started the payment of N10,000 to residents in the
Epe Local Government Area.
A statement on Wednesday said this was in continuation of
the payment of eligible residents in the cash transfer initiative of the
Federal Government.
The Household Uplifting Programme, aka Conditional Cash
Transfer, was introduced in 2016 as one of the four social investment
programmes of the Federal Government to tackle poverty and hunger.
The Lagos State Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Yetunde Arobieke, said the process of enrolment of beneficiary households commenced in April 2020 with the most vulnerable, the aged and indigent citizens identified.
She explained that the initiative was administered through
designated household caregivers, who would in turn utilise the money for the
betterment of their household.
“It is of essence to mention that the process of enrolment
of about 8,147 households captured by the State Cash Transfer Office was
approved by the governor and commenced in the month of April to fast-track a
conditional cash transfer to beneficiary households in order to alleviate the
sufferings of the poor and the vulnerable,” Arobieke added.
While noting that the beneficiaries were painstakingly
selected in the six pilot LGAs and validated through the issuance of
identification cards, the commissioner appealed to those who had yet to be
registered to key into the programme in order to benefit from the palliative
measures.
The Chairman of Eredo Local Council Development Area,
Adeniyi Razaq, thanked the state government for choosing Epe as a
beneficiary of the initiative.
He encouraged those that had yet to benefit to be patient,
adding that everyone would be enrolled.
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