*CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER:*

*HON. ABDULLAHI YAKASSIA ASSURES OF TINUBU'S COMMITMENT TO LIFT NIGERIANS FROM POVERTY.*

*Commends the Minister of Humanitarian Affiars.*

By Timothy Nwachukwu

The Senior Special Assistant To President Tinubu on Community Engagement (North West ) Hon. Abdullahi Yakassia has called on Nigerians to reinvigorate their faith in the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR because Mr. President is committed to lifting millions of Nigerians out of poverty through the Conditional Cash Transfer program and other initiatives. He further assured the good people of North West zone that the ongoing
verification of National Social Register for the disbursement of conditional cash transfer to 25 million poor families across the country will capture the poor and needy homes across the North West zone.


Speaking to newsmen in Abuja, Hon. Yakassia commended the Honourable Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu for her efforts in the sensitisation of Nigerians about the ongoing verification, he further expressed his readiness to collaborate with the Honourable Minister in her painstaking efforts to actualise the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Hon. Barr. Nweze appealed to Governors, Local government chairmen,Traditional Rulers, community heads, Women and youth leaders in North West zone to take charge and own the ongoing verification by ensuring that only the deserving poor and needy families in each country are verified as captured in the register for Accurate Data.



Hon. Yakassia commended the Honourable Minister for Humanitarian Affiars and poverty reduction for reaching out to rural Communities in Oko Agbon, Adogbo, Migbewhe, Makoko, Sogunro and Apollo villages in Lagos State in her efforts to ensure that the National social register reflects those with the greatest need during the the verification of the social register flag off.


He further highlighted that the national social register was previously compiled by each of the 36 states and the FCT by targeting teams and enumerators engaged by state governments and overseen by the ministry of planning in each state, However, the ongoing verification which was flagged off by the ministry of Humanitarian Affiars seeks to purge the National social register of "ghost beneficiaries" by ensuring that genuine poor, needy and vulnerable Nigerian families will be the real beneficiaries of the conditional cash transfer.



He stated that the Honourable Minister is committed to ensuring that those who were captured deserved to be on the register, while areas that was left out will be covered.


He maintained that the Federal government is going to put money into the households in Nigerians to assist them in terms of their businesses, livelihood, education, to be able to pay fees for their children, improve access to social services, subsidize their daily transportation cost, give them spending power to provide for basic health care needs, job creation etc.

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