10th April, 2020
About 130,000 poor households in Katsina state have been paid N2.6billion under the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme of the Federal Government.
Abdulkadir Nasir, Special Adviser on social interventions to Gov. Aminu Masari, made the disclosure at a news briefing in Katsina on Friday.
He explained that the disbursement was part of the Federal Government’s interventions to cushion the harsh effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the people.
Nasir said that 133,228 households had so far been enrolled into the social intervention programme in the state.
“As at Thursday, going by the directives of President Muhammadu Buhari that allowances be paid for January, February, March and April, accumulating to N20,000 per household, these households have been paid fully over N2.6 billion.
“So far, of the 133,238 households, 130,000 have successfully been paid,” he said.
Nasir also said that the federal government spent N473 million monthly under the National Home Growth Feeding programme in the state.
According to him, 338,488 pupils in 1,407 primary schools are benefiting from the programme.
He said that 4,097 food vendors were engaged and that N70 was spent per child under the programme.
The governor’s aide further said that 13,478 volunteers in the state currently benefit from federal government’s N-Power programme.
Nasir further said that 8,364 indigenes had benefited from the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme under the TraderMoni.