As part of its ongoing disbursement of N20,000 Cash Grant for Vulnerable Groups, the federal government says Borno State ranks highest among number of beneficiaries for grant under the National Social Investment programme.
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, made this known at the flag-off of the Cash Grant for Vulnerable Groups programme on Wednesday, August 18, 2022 in Maiduguri
Farouq, in a statement issued by her Special Adviser on Media, Nneka Anibeze, explained that due to impact of insurgency in the state, that a total of 5,264 beneficiaries from across the 27 local government councils of Borno state will receive the one-off cash grant of N20,000.
She said, “our target in Borno State is to disburse the grant to 5, 264 beneficiaries across the 27 local government areas of the state. This is one of the highest slots in the country and this is because we put into account, the impact of insurgency and the large number of Internally Displaced Persons in the state.
“President Muhammadu Buhari, through his deliberate social inclusion agenda has directed that 70% of these beneficiaries must be women, while the remaining 30% is for the youths. He also directed that, at least 15% of the total number of beneficiaries must be allocated to citizens with special needs, including Persons With Disability (PWDs) and Senior Citizens. It is on this note that
we encourage the Borno state government to note and emulate this gesture and extend similar interventions to amplify social inclusion through its policies, programmes and projects”.
The governor, Babagana Zulum, who was represented by the Chief of Staff Prof. Isah Husseini Marte, commended the federal government in its efforts to mitigate poverty across the country
The minister later flagged off the Digitized Payment System for the Conditional Cash Transfer ,CCT, Programme to improve payment, transparency, accountability and enable generation of reliable payment data and records.
Benefitting households under this programme will be paid N5,000 monthly for 2 years.
In addition, 1, 500 Internally Displaced persons will also receive a token of N50,000, including Persons With Disabilities and senior citizens.
