The Osun State Government has launched its N20m monthly social support scheme to tackle social vices, poverty and protect vulnerable citizens of the State.
The initiative, which targets 4,000 beneficiaries, is another demonstration of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola-led administration to widen its social inclusion net, empower the less- privileged and raise their standard of living.
It would be recalled that Oyetola had engaged in several collaborative efforts with the Federal Government to cater for the needs of the poor including disbursement of cash grant to poor and vulnerable households. He said: “As part of our objective to give better life to the poor and the indigent, we have given social protection a pride of place, with over 14 social investment programmes targeted at elderly people, the youth, the poor, and school children.
“We shall continue to help marginalised groups such as women, people living with disabilities and the aged to develop income-generation activities to make them contribute to the economic potential of the State. Speaking earlier, the State Commissioner for Regional Integration and Special Duties, Olalekan Badmus, said the Scheme was one of the several social intervention programmes being run by the state government aimed at bringing relief to the less privileged in the society.
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