THE Federal Government disclosed yesterday that 1, 940, 004 vulnerable Nigerians are currently receiving N5,000 cash gifts each, every month.
According to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Farouq, the NSIP is directly and indirectly impacting on the lives of poor Nigerians through its four cluster programmes, adding that these include the N-Power Programme, Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP) the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP), and the Conditioner Cash Transfer Programme (CCTP)
She further explained that the programmes were designed to serve as various forms of social safety nets specifically targeting those at the bottom of the social ladder who requires some form of assistance to enable them to become productive members of society and prevent more people from falling below poverty line.
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