Federal Government Begins Cash Transfer To 200,000 Nigerians

200,000 Nigerians are set to receive cash from the Federal Government. The beneficiaries are urban poor senior citizens that do not have access to regular income and are impacted by COVID-19. Iorwa Apera, Coordinator, National Social Safety Net Programme, made the announcement on Monday in Abuja.

The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management official said identified citizens were authenticated by their respective communities. Apera noted that 4 percent of 35 million poor and vulnerable persons in the national register in 36 states and the FCT were elderly persons. Two million individuals, categorized as senior citizens, were aggregated by location, education, age, status, disability and sex.

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Posted: at 3-08-2021 11:34 AM (2 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Who are those 200k Nigerians, their names and contact addresses. Are they ghost?

Posted: at 3-08-2021 12:48 PM (2 years ago) | Upcoming

Why can't you create jobs for unemployed youths instead of dashing monies out to an unknown persons referred as poorest citizens?

Posted: at 3-08-2021 03:59 PM (2 years ago) | Upcoming