The Federal government has said that only one million Nigerian families whose names are on the National Social Register (NSR) would get the N20,000 palliative aimed at cushioning the economic impact of the lockdown in some states.
According to The Guardian, Lonwa Apera, the National Coordinator of the National Social Safety-Nets Coordinating Office (NASSCO), said the National Transfer cash Office (NCTO) had over the years, worked with various state governors to develop the NSR of poor and vulnerable people in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) besides Ogun State. He stated that the cash transfer that was kicked off by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs was for existing beneficiaries of the programme, and not for every Nigerian. He said more names would be captured for the news payments which would be in May.
Recall that on March 29th, President Buhari gave an executive order for Lagos, Ogun and the FCT be on lockdown beginning from March 30th due to the high number of Coronavirus cases recorded in these places. He directed that as part of efforts to cushion the effect of the economic impact of the lockdown, N20,000 be paid to vulnerable households through the social investment scheme.
The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs has since begun the disbursement of the funds.
What the federal government said is not good. Is there one million household were affected by this suddenly lockdown? No this affect all the nigerian citizens. It will better for the government to rethink before it is too late. May god save all poor from this pandemic ”corona virus” Amin.
I will advice the federal government to use either NIM no_ or BVN to send the money and it should be 5000-10,000 so that it can reach all.
how many household has registered with NRE or whatever. this is how they start and siphon it within them.