The federal government has said that it disbursed over N58 billion to Nigerians in the past two months under the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT).
National Coordinator, Household Uplifting Programme, Conditional Cash Transfer (HUP – CCT), Halima Shehu, disclosed this in Yola, Adamawa State on Thursday.
According to Halima, the programme is directed mainly at people who live in rural areas where poverty and hunger is on the rise.
She added that it was initiated to support development objectives with the priority of improving households’ consumption.
”As we are all aware that poverty and hunger are high and prevalent among rural dwellers, especially, female-headed households with poor sources of income in Nigeria.
“In furtherance to that, the Federal Government established the Household Uplifting Programme – Conditional Cash Transfer (HUP – CCT), with a slogan ‘ Beta don come’ to help alleviate the poverty of the poor.
In line with the programme, in the last two months, across the country, the Federal Government has disbursed the sum of N58 billion Naira to the less privileged,” she said.
