The National Economic Council (NEC) presided over by Vice
President Kashim Shettima, has dumped the national social register under
Muhammadu Buhari’s administration for lack of credibility.
The council, instead, proposed the implementation of a cash
transfer programme for states based on their social registers and a cash reward
policy for public servants for six months.
The decision was part of the outcome of the over five hours
meeting by members of the council at the state house on Thursday.
Speaking with journalists, Chukwuma Soludo, governor of
Anambra, said NEC agreed that states should come up with their own registers
using formal and informal means.
He added that all beneficiaries will be easily identified at
the subnational level.
“We need to face the problem of the fact that we don’t have
a credible register,” he said.
The Anambra governor said NEC deliberated on ways to cushion
the impact of the recent removal of the petrol subsidy.
He added that the council agreed on the need for payment of
outstanding liabilities of public servants, including pensions and gratuities,
to alleviate their hardships.
According to Soludo, the council also agreed that the
government will focus on funding micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs)
with single-digit interest rates to support business growth.
In 2016, the federal government established the national
social investments programme (NSIP) to “tackle poverty and hunger” across the
country.
For the take-off of the programme, the government had
directed the immediate release of N25 billion.
For its implementation, a national social register was
created, comprising names of poor people and households across the country.
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