Over 1.9 million Nigerians Receive N5,000 Cash Gifts Monthly

The Federal Government has declared that 1.9 million vulnerable Nigerians are currently receiving N5,000 cash gifts each every month.

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Umar Farouq, stated this on Thursday at a One-Day Stakeholders’ Retreat On National Social Investment (Establishment) Bill organized by the Senate Committee On Social Duties.
Farouq was represented on the occasion by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Dr. Nasir Sani Gwarzo.

The Minister explained that the objective of the National Social Investment Programmes Establishment Bill is to provide a statutory and institutional framework for the implementation of the National Social Investment Programmes (NSIP).

She noted that the NSIP was created in 2016 by President Muhammadu Buhari administration to address social and economic inequalities and alleviate poverty among Nigerians

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According to her, there are four social support programmes that are meant to empower the poorest and most vulnerable Nigerians to enable them to attain an acceptable standard of living.
She said the NSIP directly and indirectly impacts the lives of poor Nigerians through its four cluster programmes.

These, she said, included the N-Power Programme, Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP), the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP), and the Conditioner Cash Transfer Programme (CCTP).

The programmes, she added, were designed to serve as various forms of social safety nets, specifically targeting those at the bottom of the social ladder who requires some form of assistance to enable them to become productive members of society and prevent more people from falling below the poverty line.

She said, “A wide range of sustainable development goals, including poverty reduction, education, health, social inclusion and empowerment, can be achieved through the NSIP.