FG increases N-Power beneficiaries to one million, gives reasons
- The federal government has approved the increase of the N-Power beneficiaries from 500,000 to 1 million
- Sadiya Umar Farouq, the minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, made this known on Monday, November 30, in Abuja
- Farouq said the number of the Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSFP) would also increase
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The Nigerian government has announced the increase in the number of beneficiaries of National Social Investment Programmes (NSIP), to accommodate more unemployed youth.
Vanguard reports that the minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, made the disclosure on Monday, November 30, at a ministerial press conference in Abuja.
Legit.ng gathered that she said President Buhari raised the number of the beneficiaries of the programme which included the Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSFP), N-Power, Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) and Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP), to accommodate more beneficiaries.
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She said:
“In order to double the scope of the National Social Investment Programmes, Mr. President has graciously approved the expansion of all NSIP programmes, such as the increase of N-Power beneficiaries from 500,000 to 1,000,000, increase of GEEP beneficiaries by 1,000,000 and increase of beneficiaries of Home-Grown School Feeding by 5,000,000.
“In championing social inclusion, deliberate efforts were made to capture vulnerable youth and groups which included women, people with special needs, in the expansion of the National Social Register by one million households. Also, in the Economic Sustainability Plan, we have over 1,000,000 urban poor in the National Social Register."
Farouq noted that about 3.7 million households comprising more than 15.5 million individuals have been captured on the National Social Register, saying that out of that number, over 2.8 million of the households which comprise 13.5 million individuals are eligible for Conditional Cash Transfer.
Speaking further, Farouq said:
“In line with Mr. President’s directive to expand the National Social Register, we have developed a strategy for targeting the urban poor.
"This register will use existing databases from the National Communications Commission (NCC), and the Bank Verification Number (BVN) from the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS). Here we are collaborating with the Central Bank of Nigeria, and the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy.”
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that the federal government commenced payment of N30,000 to all N-Power beneficiaries as from today, Tuesday, April 14. T
It was reported that the news was broken in a statement issued by the spokesman to the minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, Salisu Na’inna Dambatta.
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