FG Will Use BVN To Identify Poor, Vulnerable – Humanitarian Affairs Minister
“We are using other models including BVN to identify bank accounts. We are also using mobile phone networks to identify poor and vulnerable people in the society.She added that the conditional cash transfer to poor households which is currently going on in some parts of the country is transparent and well organized.
According to the Minister, all measures have been put in place by the Federal Government to avoid duplication of households. She also revealed that civil groups, traditional and religious leaders, among others are performing the role of identifying the poor in their communities thereby assisting the Federal Government in the distribution.
National leader of All Progressives Congress , Bola Tinubu had earlier urged the Federal Government to make cash payments to households through Bank Verification Numbers as palliative. Tinubu said the move would help cushion the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on Nigerians and noted that the government can make direct deposits into individual bank accounts using the BVN of prospective recipients.
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