The Federal Government has confirmed that 2.3 million households have been successfully revalidated for the ongoing conditional cash transfer program as part of efforts to cushion the effects of recent economic reforms.

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Director General, Abisoye Coker-Odusote, made the announcement during a press briefing at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja.

Coker-Odusote revealed that the revalidation exercise, conducted under the National Social Safety Nets project, has now cleared over 2 million households for payment.

“As of Tuesday, we have been able to revalidate 2.3 million persons and will soon be able to start making the necessary payments. Our job is to ensure the number of people validated, and we are doing that in conjunction with other agencies to make sure that the money goes to the right people,” Coker-Odusote said.

She noted the importance of accurate identity verification in delivering targeted interventions, stating that “we don’t want to pay people who no longer exist in this world. So, the right thing must be done, and I want to emphasise that.”

Coker-Odusote added that “it is the reason for identity, ensuring there is a verifiable source of truth and identity credentials that you can use to validate the identity of someone, and that person can also use it to authenticate who he or she says they are in real time.”