84,000 very poor people in Kano state have been identified in 15 Local Government Areas of the state to receive the Federal Government N20,000 stimulus package.
This was disclosed by the National Coordinator of the National Cash Transfer Office in the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Dr. Temitope Sinkaiye, during a courtesy visit to Kano Deputy Governor, Dr. Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna.
According to Dr. Temitope Sinkaiye, the gesture was in line with Federal Government’s determination to better the lives of the poor and the vulnerable across the country.
She described the N20,000 as their monthly stipend to enable them start up small scale businesses to better their lives and that of the members of their families, as directed by President Muhammadu Buhari.
She said the beneficiaries are being tutored on how to use the money to empower themselves through group savings and establishment of small scale businesses.
Sinkaiye however noted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they sensitised the beneficiaries on how to stay safe and avoid being contaminated by the virus which has continued to ravage the world.
“We selected few of them across the identified Local Government Areas and observed social distancing so that by the time they go back, they will guide other members of their community how to protect themselves and stay healthy,” she added.
Gawuna commended the Federal Government for the laudable initiative which he said would alleviate poverty especially coming at the time the country is combating COVID-19 pandemic.
He also extolled the efforts of the National Cash Transfer Office for training the beneficiaries on how to tackle poverty.
Gawuna also assured them of the continued cooperation and support of Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje’s administration to the Federal Government policies and programmes aimed towards enhancing the lives of the people.
Kai ! Misplacement of priority, cheap political gains, tribalism, equals to bad leadership, that is what will finish us in Nigeria, the FG declared total lockdown for Lagos and Osun States including the FCT and now they came out with this plank, disbursement of 1.6 Billion to 84,000 people in Kano, and people within the major hit cities who are been send home for a lockdown are hungry, they went in one village and gather people in the village Chief palace along airport road Abuja and share them two two thousand Naira, of which many were there morning till afternoon and they end up going home with nothing, secondary gathering people in that compound was already against the social distancing order, better reopen our business let us continue our hustle, nothing wey Moses no go see for red sea.