The Federal Government said it has disbursed N446.5 million to the 22,380 persons identified as the poorest of the poor in Kaduna State, under the Conditional Cash Transfer programme.
The Head of the Cash Transfer Unit in the state, Hajiya Hauwa Abdulrazaq, disclosed this on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria.
Abdulrazaq said a total of N446.5 million was disbursed to the beneficiaries in nine benefiting Local Government Areas in the ongoing implementation of the National Social Investment Programme.
She identified the benefiting areas as Chikun, Birnin Gwari, Ikara, Kachia, Kauru, Kubau, Kajuru, Lere and Sanga.
According to her, 22,040 of the 22,380 beneficiaries received N20,000 each, being payment for the months of January, February, March and April at N5,000 per month.
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She added that 340 new beneficiaries, whose payments were to begin from March, received N10,000 each,being payment for the months of March and April.
Abdulrazaq explained that the disbursement commenced on April 7 and ended on April 22.
“We began disbursement on April 7 and by April 15, we had disbursed N333.7 million to 16,744 beneficiaries in eight local government areas.
“We concluded the exercise yesterday, April 22,with the disbursement of N112.8 million to 5,636 vulnerable households in Birnin Gwari council,” she said.
The Head of the Cash Transfer Unit in Kaduna noted that the programme began in the state in 2017 with about 10,000 beneficiaries, but expanded to 22,380 beneficiaries in the current year adding: “Efforts are on to increase the number of beneficiaries in the state.”
