By Nabilu Balarab
Jigawa (Precise Post) – No fewer than 7,351 vulnerable women in Guri Local Government Area of Jigawa state have benefited from the federal government’s disbursed one hundred and forty seven million naira (NI47m) under the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Programme.
The Cash Transfer Unit Co-ordinator in the area, Alhaji Abubakar Dan-Barde, made the disclosure on Monday during the disbursement in Guri.
He said each woman received N20,000 as payment covering the months of January, February, March and April.
Dan-Barde said another set of 1,140 women would soon be paid the support funds after they have been issued with their payment cards.
The co-ordinator said the combined payment of four months stipend was made to cushion the effect of movement restriction imposed by the government across the country.
A beneficiary, Hajiya Ladidi Kabo, thanked the Federal Government for the support aimed at improving the lives of the poor.
She said she would use the money to do shopping for the upcoming Ramadan fasting and Eid- al-Fitr festivities.
The CCT is a Federal Government programme aimed at reducing poverty through payment of monthly stipend of N5,000 to each registered vulnerable woman.
The conditions include: showing evidence of immunisation, antenatal attendance and environmental sanitation. (NAN)
