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| Dr Sinkaiye |
200,000 People in 62,000 Households in Plateau state to benefit from the
N5,000 cash transfer
By Joseph A. Adudu
November 19, 2019
Over 200,000 people from 62,500
households in Plateau State have been captured for the N5,000 Cash Transfer
Household Uplifting Programme, in the phase II of the Federal Government’s
National Investment Social Programme. This was disclosed by the National
Coordinator of the programme, Dr. Temitope Sinkaiye on Tuesday in Jos, the
Plateau state capital during a stakeholders’ meeting.
She said
that Plateau state with nine other active states qualified for the second phase
of the programme.
“Plateau tops among the
qualified 10 states across the nation because of her superb record and
performance in the cash transfer programmme aimed at eradicating poverty among
Nigerians
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| Dr Sumaye Hamza |
“The additional N5,000 cash
transfer is to achieve two critical areas: cushioning consumption and
nutritional requirements of the poor and address the human capital needs of the
vulnerable citizens.
“The federal government,
especially the office of the Vice President, is so glad that the cash transfer
Programmes have brought about a lot of reliefs and positive social changes in
teeming households across the nation, “ she said.
The national coordinator
said that the cash had enabled many women to engage in various life
transforming businesses and activities such as tailoring, poultry and fish
farming.
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| Dr Ado Abubakar, Executive Chairman, Wase Local Government |
According to her, the
programme has encouraged many of the beneficiaries to improve on their savings,
nutritional values and take care of their children.
DrSumaye Hamza, Plateau Focal Person of the
programme, said that the feat achieved by the State was due to the commitment
injected into the programme by Gov. Simon Lalong.
“Our Governor is keen at seeing that the lives
of Plateau citizens, especially the vulnerable poor, are uplifted and
the the state attends the desired economic growth and development.
“This is why we did all we
could to qualify for this Phase II of the cash transfer programme -Household
UplitingProgrammme.
“We are happy and satisfied that it is a reality
today that an additional 62, 500 households are being captured in the 17 local
governments areas of Plateau, aside the initial 11, 000
captured in only six local government areas,”Hamza said.
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| The Chairman of Wase LGA far right with Members of the Plateau state House of Assembly |
Dr Ado Abubakar, Chairman, Wase
Local Government, also the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the state branch
of Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), assured of the
commitment of council chairmen in the state toward the success of the
programme.
“We as Local Government
Chairmen, are not only ready to support this people-oriented programmes, but we
are also ready to replicate same in our respective areas for the benefit of our
people.
“We in Wase Local
Government, have included this programmme in our 2019 Budget all in the effort
to enable the vulnerable/poor, especially women and children to have a quality
life and add to our development efforts of the area, “ Buba said.
In his goodwill messsage,
Mr Daniel Nanbol-Listick, House Chairman, Health Committee, disclosed that a
bill to domesticate the Social Investment Programme in the state was being
sponsored by the House Speaker.
He said that the aim was to see how to bring the
vulnerable out of poverty and give them quality life as citizens of Plateau.
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