More than 1.9 million disadvantaged Nigerians would benefit from around N38 billion in handouts of N20,000 apiece under the Federal Government’s Grant for Vulnerable Groups program, IgbereTV reports
The National Cash Transfer Office of the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management revealed data in Abuja on Friday indicating that the bank information of over 1.9 million recipients had been digitised.
This happened as the Humanitarian Minister, Sadiya Farouq, launched the initiative’s second phase by distributing N20,000 to vulnerable and underprivileged citizens of the Federal Capital Territory.
Farouq re-launched the scheme formerly known as Cash Grant for Rural Women initiative, stating that it would now be branded as Grant for Vulnerable Groups to encourage inclusion. She went on to say that the Grant for Vulnerable Groups program was launched in 2020 to support the Federal Government’s social inclusion strategy.
In a statement issued by the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, the minister was qouted as stating that, “It is commensurate with the national aim of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in ten years
