The federal government says 50,000
Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) will
benefit from its conditional cash transfer
to cushion the effects of the COVID-19
pandemic.
Executive Secretary, National Commission of
Persons with Disability, James Lalu, at a
press conference in Abuja weekend, said
data collection for beneficiaries would
commence today.
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Decrying what he called years of neglect of
PWDs in the country, Lalu noted that the
intervention was among other programmes
by the federal government to ease the plight
of the disability community.
He said beneficiaries would be drawn from
the 744 local government areas with the
majority to be selected in the rural areas.
“The data collection will start from Monday
with officials going round the 36 states of
the federation to collect necessary
information. Those who may not have a
bank account are encouraged to open a
bank account because the information on
bank account will be received too.”
He appealed to state governments to use
their established structures to help ease the
task by providing information on those in
dire need of the intervention.
He said the money was a start-up capital to
empower the beneficiaries, urging them to
utilise it for proper investment.https://dailytrust.com/fg-to-empower-50000-persons-with-disabilities mynd44 oam4j lalasticlala mannabbqgrill

What a massive development God bless Buhari God bless Nigeria

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