To lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty, the federal government has promised to resume the N10,000 monthly payment to the poor and vulnerable across the country starting tomorrow.
Beneficiaries across the country will receive the payments through conditional cash transfers.
Hajiya Halima Shehu, National coordinator of the program, National Cash Transfer Office (NCTO) under the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, revealed this at a meeting with State Focal Persons of the National Social Investment Programme on Friday in Abuja.
The conditional cash transfer is one of President Buhari’s main Social Investment Programmes (SIP) to alleviate the plight of 100 million Nigerians over the next ten years.
She explained that the delay in resumption was due to a system upgrade being carried out by the FG to enhance service delivery.
Among the upgrades are “adjusting payment methods to respond to cashless realities, security concerns, and digitization of the payment process.”
“Thirty percent of its operations have been digitized, and payments to beneficiaries will resume next week,” she said.
Halima urged the State Focal Persons to continue to support the program to enable the Buhari administration to achieve its goal of lifting 100 Nigerians out of poverty.
As a response, the Chairman of the National Social Investment Programme(NSIP) State Focal Persons, Alhaji Bala Chamo, thanked the coordinator for granting them an audience and congratulated Shehu on her new position.
Chamo promised steadfast support for the successful implementation of the program.
