The Federal Government on Thursday flagged off the disbursement of N1.8 billion to 58,963 households in Benue State under its Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme, which is targeted at lifting vulnerable citizens out of poverty.
The CCT programme, which is a component of the government’s National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) commenced in Benue State with payment to residents of Dauda, in Gina Local Government and it is expected to cover nine LGAs.
The payment officer, Mr Dekaa Tarzaan, was reported by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) as listing the nine LGA as including, Vandeikya, Ushongo and Konshisha in Zone A, Gwer West, Guma and Buruku in Zone B, and Ogbadibo, Ado and Oju in Zone C.
According to the news report, Tarzaan said in Guma LGA, 4,686 households would receive the sum of N140.6 million, before heading to other senatorial zones for the next 10 days, adding that three LGAs were selected from each of the three senatorial districts of the state.
He explained that due to backlogs, the total amount for disbursement for the state would be over N1.8 billion.
Tarzan clarified: “For each cycle, we have six payments covering one year, but there were some backlogs which are included in this cycle. Usually, we pay bi-monthly for six times to cover one year, but because this payment has included the unpaid stipends the figure has increased.”
The NSIP is a social welfare initiative created by the Federal Government in 2015 to provide no-cost loans to beneficiaries and to help reduce the start-up costs of business ventures in the country.
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