Minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and
social development, Sadiya Farouq, says the Federal government has begun cash
transfer to the poorest households in the country to cushion the economic
impact of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Farouk announced this
at a press conference in Abuja. She said her ministry has commenced advance
payment of conditional cash transfer to the poorest households in the country.
She however did not disclose the amount of cash that is being transfered to the
poor.
“In Mr.
President’s speech, paragraph 54, he directed that the conditional cash
transfer should be given in advance of two months. This we have also done. We
have directed immediate cash transfer to the poorest and most vulnerable
households in the country.
“Because of this
COVID-19, the vulnerable groups have to expanded, because we are aware that
there are people who live on daily wage, so we are also going to look at those
groups of people to see how we can get this food relief intervention to them in
this period.” she said
Lagos and Abuja are currently on lockdown as part of
measures to contain the spread of Coronavirus. As of this morning, Nigeria has
131 confirmed cases of Coronavirus.
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