The Nigerian government on Tuesday said it spent about N24
billion on different empowerment and poverty reduction schemes on its National
Social Investment Programmes (NSIP) in Sokoto State.
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and
Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouk, made this known on Tuesday at the
inauguration of disbursement of Cash Grant to Vulnerable Groups (GVG) in the
state.
Farouk, represented by the National Coordinator of NSIP, Dr
Umar Bindir,said under President Muhammad Buhari administration effective
schemes have been designed to lift vulnerable Nigerians.
She said: ”Programmes have been implemented in close
partnerships with the state governments and the effort is a clear demonstration
of our collective commitment to address poverty which is the core developmental
challenge confronting us as a people.”
The Minister said since then, the Federal Government had
paid more attention to generating solutions and implemented partnership with
the state government to help the poor and vulnerable since 2015.
The minister stated that President Buhari’s Administration
since 2015 inherited a National Poverty Incidence level averaging 70%,
according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) report.
However, “Despite other economic challenges the government
inherited, this informed the decision to initiate the National Social
Investment Programme (NSIP) in 2015.
“This is a strategy for poverty reduction and enhancing
social inclusion among Nigerians especially the women in rural areas,” he
minister added.
The minister added that since 2016, NSIP has made a positive
impact on many lives of the poor and vulnerable in Nigeria.
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