Tag: Conditional Cash Transfer
Nation-building a mirage without all segments carried along, says Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said nation-building and national transformation would continue to be a mirage without carrying along all...
100,000 PWDs to get scholarships in 2022 — Disability Commission
The National Commission for Persons with Disability has said over 100,000 People Living With Disabilities are to be awarded scholarships in 2022, to study...
Don’t miss N-Power verification exercise, Umar Gital tells Nigerian youths •Hails...
ABUJA - Shortlisted candidates for the Batch C1 of the Federal Government’s N-Power programme have been enjoined to take advantage of the opportunity provided...
FG gives N10,000 to 1.6 million households every two months —Buhari
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has revealed that the Federal government will in October launch its N15 trillion infrastructure fund.
This as he...
Awolowo’s prophecies coming to pass in Lekki, says Sanwo-Olu
The Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said the prophecies of the late sage and Premier of the old Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo,...
Second phase of Conditional Cash Transfer starts in Niger
payment of the second phase of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) in Niger to 4,265 beneficiaries in Chanchaga and Suleja Local Government Areas (LGAs).
At...
FG earmarks N8.5bn for conditional cash transfer in Katsina — Coordinator
The Federal Government is set to distribute N8.5bn under its Conditional Cash Transfer Scheme to lift over 144, 000 households out of poverty in...
FG disburses N9.5bn conditional grant transfer to 142,000 households in Katsina
KATSINA - The Federal Government has so far disbursed N9.5 billion as conditional grant to 142,000 poor and vulnerable households in Katsina state.]
Minister of...
FG clears N-Power payments, enrols 1 million new beneficiaries
All outstanding payments to Batches A and B beneficiaries of N-Power programme have been paid, the Federal Government said on Thursday.
It also announced...
FG engages 5000 independent monitors for N-Power, Cash transfer programme, others
The Federal Government has engaged 5000 independent monitors to verify disbursement running into billions of Naira made to Nigerians under the National Social Investment...
Lai speaks on only regret under Buhari
Lai Mohammed, minister of information, says his only regret in the current administration is that Nigerians do not appreciate how much the government is...
Ministry official warns cash transfer facilitators to shun corrupt tendencies
By Stanley Nwanosike
Enugu - Mr Kola Solomon, National Training Officer of National Transfer Unit Programme has warned facilitators of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme...
COVID-19: FG enrolls 15.5m persons in National Social Register
By Rabiu Sani
Kano - The Federal Government says it has enrolled over 15 million persons in the National Social Register (NSR) to fast...
ECOWAS donates 4,000 tonnes of food items to Nigeria
By Rabiu Sani
Kano - The ECOWAS Commission has donated about 4,000 tonnes of food items to the Federal Government for distribution to vulnerable...
FG spends N14bn on CCT, school feeding in Jigawa within 29...
By Abdullahi Mohammed
Dutse - The Federal Government has, in 16 cycles’ disbursement, spent N9.074billion on Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) and another N5.178billion...
N-Power: Beneficiaries hold ‘Thank You Rally’ to Aso Villa
No fewer than 2,000 Nigerians, on Wednesday, held a ‘Thank You Rally’ to the Presidential Villa over the success of the N-Power scheme and...
Tambuwal decries politicisation of public service
By Habibu Harisu
Sokoto - Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Wednesday expressed concern over the rising cases of politicisation in the...
N-power: 3 million applications received in 7 days
Abuja - The Federal Government said it has received over 3 million applications from prospective N-power enrollees, in seven days across the country.
Minister...
NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT LOSING THE WAR ON UNEMPLOYMENT
Nigerians are now waking up to the reality of the post lockdown era which was necessitated by the Covid-19 Pandemic. More and more Nigerians...
Lagos approves COVID-19 cash transfer for residents
The Lagos government has approved the establishment of the State Cash Transfer Unit (SCTU) for the National Cash Transfer programme.
The State Commissioner for Wealth...