FG Announces Date To Begin ‘Conditional Cash Transfer’ For 15 Million Households

The Federal Government has announced that it will launch the conditional cash transfer policy for 15 million households on October 17th, 2023.

VerseNews reports that this was confirmed by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Betta Edu.

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

The Minister said: “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.”

“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,” she said.