Eighty One Thousand Residents To Benefit from Federal Government’s Conditional Cash Transfer In Ondo

No fewer than eighty one thousand residents of Ondo State are to benefit from the Federal Government’s Conditional Cash Transfer programme.

Mrs Tosin Olupona, Manager, Ondo Conditional Cash Transfer, office of the Public and Intergovernmental Relations, made this known on Wednesday in Akure during a training programme for local government conditional cash transfer facilitator.

Recall that the training was organised in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation and the National Social Investment Programmes Agency.

According to Mrs Tosin Olupona, each of the beneficiaries would receive the sum of ₦25,000 conditional cash transfer each for three months.

Mrs Tosin Olupona said the conditional cash transfer programme was for the poor households, adding that in the past the state had only twelve thousand beneficiaries.

”Now it has been increased to eighty one thousand in line with the renewed hope agenda of the present government.

“The benefit is to cushion the effect of removal of fuel subsidy. It is an economic shock response, because the fact remains that nobody is finding it easy now, particularly the poor and vulnerable households.

“The FG has started paying them ₦25,000, and they are going to take this for three months, after which they will exited the conditional cash transfer programme and another set of people will benefit from the conditional cash transfer programme.

Mrs Tosin Olupona disclosed that the beneficiaries for the conditional cash transfer programme were drawn from the National Social Register and their BVN and NIN were linked for accountability, with the money paid directly into beneficiary’s account.

Similarly, the Administrative Secretary, Office of Public and Intergovernmental Relations, Mrs Yemi Pirisola, said the public should have knowledge about the activities of the Agency.

Mrs Yemi Pirisola, urged the desk officers and beneficiaries of the conditional cash transfer programme to let people know about what the government was doing and steps taking to cushion the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy and improving the lives of the vulnerable people.

Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/06/81000-residents-to-benefit-from-fgs-cash-transfer-in-ondo/