Akwa Ibom State Government said it is making use of about 600, 000 households captured in its social register for various intervention programmes aimed at ameliorating economic hardship in the state.
The Commissioner for Economic Development, Emem Bob, disclosed this in Uyo, yesterday, while fielding questions from newsmen at a media briefing tagged, ‘ARISE Score Card’ with the theme, ‘Food Sufficiency and Security: The Intervention and Sustainability Strategy of Governor Umo Eno.’
With him at the briefing were the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Ini Ememobong, Commissioner of Agriculture, Dr Offiong Offor, and the Chairman, Akwa Ibom Bulk Purchase Agency, Dan Akpan.
Emem noted that though the state social register has increased to 2.3 million people, the state government is reaching out to the vulnerable poor through 600, 000 households captured in the social register.
“The social register is well-structured; it is structured in such a way that we have broken the villages, wards and local councils. These make up the state social register, and the total number of people we have in the social register is 2.3 million.
“When you talk about households, we have about 600, 000 households in the social register, and that is what we have been using for various interventions in the state.”
