Conditional Cash Transfer
26 Jul
The Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, has revealed that over 600,000 households have benefited from the direct cash transfer programme of the federal government since the resumption of the project. He disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja during the half-year review ministerial press briefing, tagged, ‘Economic Recovery and Growth: Progress and Prospects 2024’. Recall President…
26 Feb
Amid investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) into alleged N100 billion fraud in the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation and another reported N17 billion malfeasance in the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), the suspended conditional cash transfer programme is resuming.
21 Feb
The Nigerian government has announced that it has concluded plans to restart the direct cash transfer to the poorest and most vulnerable citizens, saying it is targeting an additional 12 million households.
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