Federal Govt To Distribute N130m To 6,511 In Katsina

Federal Govt To Distribute N130m To 6,511 In Katsina
Sadiya Farouq

The Federal Government is set to distribute N130 million to 6,511 in Katsina State.

The Nation reports that the Federal Government has said it will distribute cash grants worth N130 million to 6,511 beneficiaries across the 34 Local Government Areas in Katsina State.

It explained that the grants were targeted at vulnerable groups in the state.

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq made this known at the flag-off of seven projects in the State.

Farouq explained that Katsina was one of the States with the highest number of beneficiaries due to the insurgency and banditry in the region.

This was contained in a statement in Abuja on Friday by the Media Aide to the minister, Nneka Anibeze.

She said: “Our Grant for vulnerable groups target in Katsina State is to disburse grants to a total of 6,511 beneficiaries across the 34 Local Government Areas of the State, worth over N130 million.

“This is one of the highest slots in the country and it is majorly because we took into account the impact of the insurgency, banditry and large volume of IDPs in the state.

“While the target of this cash grant project is to increase the income and productive assets of the target beneficiaries, it is highly expected that the beneficiaries will utilise the grant to improve their productivity, create wealth, generate employment and improve their standard of living”.

The Minister also launched the digitized conditional cash transfer payment system for prompt payment of cash to the families.

About two million households are currently benefitting from the CCT programme nationwide.

Benefiting households get N5,000 monthly for 2 years.

Under the Youth Empowerment and Social Support Operations (YESSO), Farouq flagged -off payment of a one-off grant of N50,000 to 600 selected Internally Displaced Persons which will also include persons with disabilities and senior citizens.

Food and non-food items were also presented to flood victims in the affected 13 local government areas in the state.

The Minister also distributed cooking utensils to primary schools in the state as the National Home Grown School Feeding flagged off the National Sensitization Exercise for the School Feeding Programme.

Engagement letters and digital monitoring devices were distributed to 93 Independent Monitors on stream II by the Minister, to enhance their monitoring and reporting responsibilities.

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