The Federal Government says it will disburse cash transfers to 2.2 million poor and vulnerable households across the country before the end of August.
Dr. Tanko Sununu, Minister of State for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja while featuring on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily.
He said the beneficiaries were captured under the National Social Register and would be reached through the National Social Safety-Net Coordinating Office (NASSCO).
“In the next few days, before the end of August, we are going to reach out to 2.2 million households. The process is such that NASSCO will harvest vulnerable Nigerians based on their lowest cadre in the social register,” Sununu said.
The minister explained that the current administration had scaled up interventions under the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme to cushion the effect of poverty on the poorest Nigerians.
According to him, ₦419 billion has so far been disbursed to five million Nigerians under the CCT scheme.
He added that 71 per cent of the disbursements went to beneficiaries in the northern part of the country, while 21 per cent were made in the southern part.
Sununu reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to poverty alleviation, saying efforts were ongoing to expand the safety nets to cover more households nationwide.
