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The Federal Government (FG) has started disbursing the N20,000 Condition Cash Transfer to poor households across the country. The disbursement is said to have started today at the Kwali Area Council in Abuja.
According to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadia Umar-Farouk, the Federal Government would be giving out the sum of N20,000 to each person for the next four months as a way of cushioning the effect of the coronavirus pandemic.
The disbursement is part of the Federal Government’s efforts that is aimed at helping “vulnerable” Nigerians get through the lockdown directive given by President Muhammadu Buhari following the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
Speaking on the strategy being used to locate and disburse the funds on Channels TV, Umar-Farouk said;
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“We have directed immediate cash transfer to the poorest and most vulnerable households in the country. But for the COVID-19, the vulnerable groups have to expand, because we are aware that there are people who live on daily wage, so we are also going to look at those groups of people to see how we can get this food relief intervention to them in this period.”
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She further explained that President had said during his broadcast last week that the Conditional Cash Transfer should be given in advance of two months.
Meanwhile, Nigerians have taken to Twitter to react since the President made the announcement that funds would be disbursed to poor and vulnerable households.
Nigerians have wondered what it means to be poor and vulnerable judging by the Government’s yardstick and why the areas where the disbursements would be taken place have not been disclosed.
While some asked if the Federal Government has a database for the poor, others believe the funds should be for every Nigerian and should be disbursed using their bank accounts and BVN numbers.
However, the Presidency announced recently that it has identified 10,695,360 individuals in 35 states across the country as the poorest and most vulnerable Nigerians, during this crisis of COVID19 pandemic.
As at February 29th, 2020, the Federal Government has identified 10,695,360 individuals in 35 states across the country as the poorest and most vulnerable Nigerians, during this crisis of #COVID19 pandemic, President @MBuhari directed the @FMHDSD to look and take care of them. pic.twitter.com/kvr9Xm5QFv
— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) March 30, 2020
It would also be best to provide a detailed account of the areas in focus, as it'll be unfair to think that only the northern part of Nigeria have 'poor and vulnerable' households.
— Ify Baby ✨💖🥂 (@therealveev) April 1, 2020
I am a rural development expert who has been working with rural poor for more than17 years and I can categorically tell you that you have not captured the poor I know in Northern Nigeria because most of them don't even have bank accounts!!!!Please don't get me more upset! https://t.co/0FkC80znjI
— Hauwa El-Yakub (@Hawee007) March 31, 2020
This is the discussion or debate I have been having with people. What criteria have we used to defined the vulnerables? Does the data capture has the coverage to include all the eligible? Even the social register doesn't capture the most vulnerables.
— Abu AbdurRahman (@Mukhtarishaq2) April 1, 2020
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FG don’t know what they are doing, their is to steal the money and tell us they have share, FG is not thinking right. They should go and sleep,
You have a point. Those places they claimed they shared money too is nothing but a lie
Presidency, senates and reps are either not fit to rule or too corrupt-minded to resolve the situation of Nigeria (political and economic issues). Resolving whatever situation whether economic or political issues is about making deliberate policies toward economic growth before thinking about development.
Nigeria!!! pls God come and settle our case civilian are sufferring! PLS GOD SETTLE OUR CASE THINGS ARE OUT OF HANDS!!!
Government of now are days use to lie like mad man but GOD will soon erase all the bad government in our land
WHEN WILL BUHARI AND APC STOP DECEIVING NIGERIANS THROUGH MEDIA PROPAGANDA??? HAVE CONSCIENCE FOR.ONCE. STOP THE DECEIT. NO ONE IS DISTRIBUTING ANY DAMN MONEY IN ABUJA. GOD OR ALLAH WILL SURELY JUDGE ALL OF YOU
Nigeria! God, if is our sin make you angry… Father Lord, please forgive our sin remove your anger in this world
Amen
This is very timid for God sake and absolutely improper to disburse Funds….you simple use the BVN which is almost equivalent to SSN in America.. this is prevent when you have a weak and incompetent leaders especially old Buhari as president…wooooo unto Nigeria ?? senators, the 3 teires of Government and Chife justice of the nations etc.
God will continue to punish this useless leader with deadly diseases. Who is not poor in Nigeria apart from politician? They just want to share the money to their families members only.
Why can’t nigerian government use the bvn system to disburse the funds???
I think there is intranspeeency in this method imployed by the government.
Be all know that table disbursement is not going to be efficient.
Sharing Money Hand To Hand, How Sure You Can Keep Record To The Amount Of Money You Shared? Clean Corruption.
Nowounder My Lecturer Said Nigeria Will Never Be Good.
For about Nigeria, what they is talk full the paper, my own is that let them disturb anyone who open his or her business centre let them government keep their money
Why did you not use the BVN?
You asked everyone to get BVN now you all are seeking for medium to steal again .rubbish
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