FG HAS STARTED SENDING MONEY TO POOR NIGERIAN HOUSEHOLDS (1)

March 31, 2020 12:40 PM

FG HAS STARTED SENDING MONEY TO POOR NIGERIAN HOUSEHOLDS Minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, Sadiya Farouq, says the Federal government has begun cash transfer to the poorest households in the country. This initiative is to cushion the economic impact of the Coronavirus pandemic. Farouk announced this at a press conference in Abuja. She said her ministry has commenced advance payment of conditional cash transfer to the poorest households in the country. “In Mr. President’s speech, paragraph 54, he directed that the conditional cash transfer should be given in advance of two months. This we have also done. We have directed immediate cash transfer to the poorest and most vulnerable households in the country.” “Because of this COVID-19, the vulnerable groups have to expand, because we are aware that there are people who live on daily wage, so we are also going to look at those groups of people to see how we can get this food relief intervention to them in this period,” she said She, however, did not disclose the amount of cash that is being transferred to the poor. The selection process for the families is also unknown, neither did she disclose the strategy for the distribution. Lagos, Abuja, and Ogun are currently on lockdown as part of measures to contain the spread of Coronavirus. As of the time of scripting, Nigeria has 131 confirmed cases of Coronavirus. How much do you think should be given to each poor Nigerian household?

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