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 […]
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FG Gives N15.18Bn Interest-Free Loans To 300,000 Beneficiaries
The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said that the present administration had provided interest-free loans totalling N15.183 billion to over 300,000 beneficiaries since the implementation of the Social Investment Programme (SIP) commenced nationwide. Osinbajo who gave this hint at the 9th Presidential Quarterly Business Forum held at the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential […]
FG Spends N220Bn On Social Investment Programme
The Federal Government on Thursday put the total sum expended so far on its Social Investment Programme (SIP) at N140 billion out of the N500 billion budgeted for the programme in 2017. This is even as government also disclosed that in 2016, only N80 billion out of the budgeted N500 billion was released and spent, bringing the […]