The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social
Development, Sadiya Farouq has disclosed that the Nigerian government is
paying N20,000 each to 5,000 households in the Federal Capital
Territory, to help them cope with the difficulties the Coronavirus
pandemic might bring.
Sadiya who disclosed that the initiative was under the ministry’s
Conditional Cash Transfer programme, added that the N20,000 given to
each of the beneficiaries covered a period of four months and was in
line with President Buhari’s directive. She revealed that beneficiaries
are entitled to N5,000 every month.
The Minister who addressed newsmen after disbursing money to
some households in Kwali area council of Abuja, said over one million
Nigerians located in 34 states will be benefitting from the initiative.
Sadiya said;
“The CCT is for poor and vulnerable households in the country. Beneficiaries are entitled to N5,000 every month.
“Today’s payment of N20,000 to each beneficiary is for four mouths.
It is going to happen all over the country, but we are starting with
FCT, Lagos and Ogun. These are the frontline states. Other states will
follow.“With the current pandemic and circumstances on ground, this amount
will go a long way to support the families in their daily lives.“Today, we are giving out N20,000 each to about 190 beneficiaries in
Kwali Area Council. The total number of beneficiaries in FCT is 5,000.”
The programme’s spokesperson, Mr Ayede added;
“The federal government has not paid the beneficiaries from January
till March, but following the president’s order on Sunday, the ministry
decided to pay in April in view of the lockdown directives.”