Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq has said 129,137 poor and vulnerable households in Zamfara State have received N6,091,580,000.
Hajia Farouq, who stated this at a meeting with Emirs and other stakeholders at Government House, Gusau, said the disbursement was done under the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme of the Federal Government.
“The disbursement is done through the Conditional Cash Transfer Programme to the poor and vulnerable households in the state with a monthly base cash transfer of N5,000 to each beneficiary, with the sole aim of graduating them out of poverty,” Deputy Director, Information at the ministry Rhoda Iliya, said in a statement in Abuja yesterday.
“The CCT exercise conducted in six local governments, namely; Anka, Bungudu, Birnin Magaji, Kaura Namoda Tsafe and Talatar Mafara, improved the socio-economic livelihood of over 130,000 beneficiaries with payments of between 30,000 – 80,000 distributed based on dates each beneficiary was registered into the CCT Programme.”
“The register has grown under my stewardship to 420,358 PVHH and 1,950,201 individuals that will benefit from the government’s social safety net programmes.
Governor, Bello Matawalle represented by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Bala Maru, appealed to the Federal Government on roads construction that will give security agents access to remote areas where bandits hide.