We paid N229.6 million to 22,926 destitute individuals in Jigawa — Nigerian govt

The Federal Government on Thursday said it had dispensed N229, 640,000 million to 22,962 ladies thought to be poor and powerless in Jigawa, under its Conditional Cash Transfer, CCT.

Nura Sani, the Head of Media and Publicly, Jigawa office of the Federal Government's Special Intervention Program, SIP, said this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse.

Mr. Sani said the store was dispensed to the recipients in nine nearby government ranges of the state: Auyo, Guri, Gwiwa, Jahun, Kaugama, Kiyawa Miga, Roni and Taura.

He clarified that the recipients were chosen from three political wards of the profiting neighborhood government territories, thought to be the poorest of poor people.

As indicated by him, the nine gatherings speak to the main bunch for the take-off of the program being 30 for each penny of the 27 neighborhood government zones of the state.

As indicated by him, 15 more gatherings will likewise profit by the program.

NAN reports that CCT plot was acquainted by the Federal Government with handle neediness among Nigerians.

CCT programs are gone for lessening destitution by making welfare programs restrictive upon the beneficiaries' activities.

In the program, the administration exchanges the cash to people who meet certain criteria, including enlisting kids into state funded schools, getting consistent registration at the specialist's office.