The federal government has said an estimated 5,433,394 Nigerians are benefiting from the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme.
According to an infographic report published on the Twitter handle of the National Social Safety Nets Coordinating Office , @NasscoNigeria, on Sunday, the CCT beneficiaries emerged from 1,080,240 households in 35,490 communities across 395 local government areas in 32 states.
It said this was carried out in 43,258 communities, 4,347 wards in 421 LGA’s across 35 states in the country. NASSCO, a $500 million three-year World Bank grant, kicked off on June 7, 2016. It aims to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s National Social Intervention Programme, which includes the Conditional Cash Transfer, the Youth Empowerment and Social Support Operations and the Community and Social Development Project . It is also being funded with the $322 million Abacha loot received from the government of Switzerland.
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