Poor households in Jigawa just given N5,000 meant for last June in 2021: Official
The Nigerian government says it has begun disbursing N133 million to 133,762 beneficiaries in Jigawa under the Household Upliftment Programme-Conditional Cash Transfer (HUP-CCT).
But Mustapha Yakubu, Training and Communication Officer of Cash Transfer Unit in the state, said the payment was for June and July 2020. He did not explain why funds meant to be paid six months ago were just being disbursed.
Speaking at the launch, the National Programme Coordinator, Ibrahim Jafar, said each beneficiary would get N10,000.
Mr. Yakubu, who represented the head of the cash transfer unit, Abubakar Rabakaya, said, “Beneficiaries are supposed to collect N5,000 monthly. The payment is taking place across the 27 local government areas of the state.
“The caregiver of the households must be the wife. If the husband has two wives, then the second wife will be the alternate, which means only women can collect the money. The beneficiaries are also encouraged to engage in petty businesses or improve their already established small businesses.
The payment, he said, was being made by two firms, Visual ICT and FETS Wallet.
(NAN
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