The Nigeria Federal Government on Tuesday, 27th October, 2020, stated that it has disbursed more than N6billion to poor households in 6 out of the 14 local government areas of Zamfara State.
The disbursement was done under the federal government Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) scheme in 2020.
Well, speaking during the flag off of Grant for Rural Women Project, on Tuesday in Gusau, Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Faruk, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, made it known that the CCT which commenced in 2016, is designed to deliver timely and accessible cash transfers to beneficiary households.
“CCT is set to support development objectives, priorities and to achieve improvement in health and nutrition, school o and retention, environmental sanitation and empowerment among others,” NAN reports.
The Minister noted that a total of 130,000 beneficiaries fromTalata Mafara, Bungudu, Birnin Magaji, Anka, Kaura Namoda,and Tsafe, local government areas received between N30k - N80k.
And this she revealed, is according to the dates each beneficiary was enrolled into the programme.
.PNG)
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