As part of measures to cushion the effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic, the Federal Government , Wednesday,commenced disbursement of N20,000 Conditional Cash Transfer to vulnerable households (poor) in Kwali Area Council of the FCT.
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadia Umar-Farouk, while kickstarting the disbursement said, due to the scourge of COVID-19, the Federal Government is giving out N20,000 per person for the next four months starting from March 2020.
She said this was pursuant to the President’s broadcast last week where he directed that the Conditional Cash Transfer should be given in advance of two months.
“We have directed immediate cash transfer to the poorest and most vulnerable households in the country,” she said.
“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
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