FG Conditional Cash Transfer Registration 2023 to begin on October 17th for 15m Households

Federal Government of Nigeria is set to Launch Conditional Cash Transfer on October 17th, 2023 to 15m Households across 36 states.  Betta Edu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation says the Federal Government will launch the conditional cash transfer policy for 15 million households on October 17th, 2023.

According to the Betta, with the approval from the President which we hope to get this week, on the 17th of October, we will be officially launching the conditional cash transfer to 15m households in Nigeria.

According to her, the ministry is working with stakeholders across the country to get a credible register of beneficiaries.

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As we speak, we are having a verification exercise. Every state can bear us witness that we have put boots on the ground – persons who are working with the state cash transfer office as well as the governors who are the heads of the steering committee and then several other persons.

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All of this is to be sure those who are on the national social register truly are Nigerians who fall [spend] within the under $1.95 a day [range] and they deserve to have it.

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While admitting that some persons on the register may have died or moved up the economic ladder, Mrs. Betta said the verification exercise is to clean up the register.

So, two things. First, as we speak, we are on the field cleaning up that data and doing a complete verification and we are juxtaposing both the BVN, NIM and the rest of it to identify these people and be sure we are dealing with authentic persons,”

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And then, of course, there is biometrics to it and you have a capturing of the head of the household as well as a picture of the household so it can be located. On each of these households, they are numbered so people can go there and verify against the register.” She concluded!

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