₦airaland Forum

By Omoh Gabriel LAGOS —


There are indications that the list of beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s N5,000 conditional cash transfer for eight states is ready. our5kFeelers from political and World Bank Country office in Nigeria have shown that the list for the conditional transfer has been in the making.

The World Bank, it was learned, has used its template that it applies globally to help the federal authorities identify the poor and needy in the eight states while work is said to be in progress in other states of the federation.

The feelers suggest that the team compiling the list in each state goes to two poorest local governments in a state and then identify the two poorest villages or communities in such state.

From the poorest community, a list is drawn. One million poor Nigerians will benefit from the programme. The feeler is that the compilation is in collaboration with the World Bank, which had even started compiling a Social Register before the current administration came on board.

According to those, who have working knowledge of the programme, eight states of the federation have already been covered and that the criteria to determine beneficiaries have been clearly spelt out.

They include: school enrolment by the parents of school-age children; immunization of children against child-killer diseases as well as the aged and disabled poor. It was learned that the programme would run throughout the period of the administration’s life.

It was gathered that contrary to widely held opinions in some quarters, the N5,000 monthly stipend programme has not been cancelled by the Buhari administration. The source clarified that while some people held that the Federal Government was to pay N5,000 monthly to graduates, the graduates’ scheme would be the recruitment of 500,000 volunteer teachers, who would be paid N30,000 monthly.

“The graduates’ volunteer programme would run for two years, with the expectation that the volunteers would be able to secure other jobs as the economy throws up new opportunities,” the source said.

In addition, he said that the administration’s Micro-credit scheme for small businesses would act as a game-changer in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) subsector of the economy. Under that scheme, a revolving loans fund would be made available

to Nigerian youths who wants to go into small business as well as those already in business, to enable them expand their operations. Nigeria is one of the top five countries with the largest number of poor, ranking third, with China and India, ranking second and first respectively. Majority of Nigeria’s desperately poor never had the opportunity to attend a school, nor receive some form of education, whether formal or informal. The Buhari administration is keying into the World Bank advice to nations last April.

It will be recalled that the World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim, had said at last year’s IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings that Nigeria is one of the top five countries that has the largest number of poor. Nigeria, he said ranked third in the world while India ranked number one with 33 per cent of the world poor. China is ranked second with 13 per cent of the world’s poor, followed by Nigeria where seven per cent of the world poor live in.

He said that Bangladesh has six per cent share of the world’s poor while the Democratic Republic of Congo has five per cent of the world’s poor population. Jim Yong Kim said these five countries are home to 760 million of the world’s poor, adding that another five countries, Indonesia, Pakistan, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Kenya would encompass almost 80 per cent of the extreme poor.

World Bank had said that a sharp focus on these will be central to ending poverty, the “while economic growth remains vital for reducing poverty, growth has its limits, according to a new World Bank paper. Countries need to complement efforts to enhance growth with policies that allocate more resources to the extreme poor. These resources can be distributed through the growth process itself, by promoting more inclusive growth, or through government programs, such as conditional and direct cash transfers. Direct cash transfers “It is imperative not just to lift people out of extreme poverty; it is also important to make sure that, in the long run, they do not get stuck just above the extreme poverty line due to a lack of opportunities that might impede progress toward better livelihoods.

Economic growth has been vital for reducing extreme poverty and improving the lives of many poor people. Yet, even if all countries grow at the same rates as over the past 20 years, and if the income distribution remains unchanged, world poverty will only fall by 10 percent by 2030, from 17.7 percent in 2010. This is simply not enough, and we need a laser like focus on making growth more inclusive and targeting more programmes to assist the poor directly if we’re going to end extreme poverty.” Kim added: “To end extreme poverty, the vast numbers of the poorest – those earning less than $1.25 a day – will have to decrease by 50 million people each year until 2030. This means that one million people each week will have to lift themselves out of poverty for the next 16 years. This will be extraordinarily difficult, but I believe we can do it. This can be the generation that ends extreme poverty. “Growth alone is unlikely to end extreme poverty by 2030 because as extreme poverty declines, growth on its own tends to lift fewer people out of poverty.

This is because, by this stage, many of the people still in extreme poverty live in situations where improving their lives is extremely difficult. Even if there is no change in inequality, the “poverty-reducing power” of economic growth is less in countries that are initially more unequal.” The transfer will go directly to the beneficiary.

The President it was gathered has instructed that there should be no third party arrangement in the transfer process. The technology to effect the payment is being worked out.

President Muhammadu Buhari is said to be very passionate about social investments by his administration among the ordinary Nigerians who were mainly responsible for his election and would not do anything to jeopardize their confidence in him.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/04/fgs-n5000-conditional-cash-transfer-list-8-states-ready/


Congrats to all APC members

We need proof of life for all the missing 230 Chibok girls and NOT just the 15 girls in the video.


http://www.theroot.com/articles/news/2016/04/_proof_of_life_video_shows_some_of_the_kidnapped_chibok_girls.html


Where are the remaining (230-15) 215 girls or was the initial figures exaggerated by APC

Wickedness on the increase...


Why are some girls/women so callous ?

Ibanuje Oluwa!

Is okay, let Buhary continue his demonic silence.

Time will tell...

And the Sin-nators and lawbreakers in Nigeria are now earning $200,000 monthly => NGN 66 Million Naira per month.

The salary is not the issue but the wicked allowances they allotted to themselves.

Top five reasons for Buhari government’s low ratings in March are:


1. Petroleum scarcity (71%),
2. Economy (68%),
3. Power (64%) and
4. Broken campaign promises (57%)
5. Increase in propaganda and lies since May 29th 2015 (98%)


Where are the idiotic cum moronic blind followers called Zombies... ?

laprince:
Aww! I just got to know that Shehu Ladan is late.

Honestly, APC is not doing well in any sector.

Their mysterious lies and propaganda will completely destroy the fraudulent party.

Lalasticlala, Mr. Buhary tyrannical move now known internationally.


Another Western diplomat added: “If Buhari was serious about fighting corruption he would be focusing all of his efforts on targeting corruption that is impeding Nigeria’s ability to focus its efforts on tackling Boko Haram.”


Accusations that Nigeria is abusing British aid will add to the growing controversy over Downing Street’s commitment to spend 0.7 percent of GDP on the foreign aid budget. Last week the Telegraph reported that DFID was under pressure to cancel £200 million of foreign aid to Tanzania following concerns over a widely condemned election.

laprince:
I seriously think it's old news. I was still an intern in NNPC in 2010 when Shehu Ladan was ousted . He was GMD then.

RIP to Shehu Ladan...

Shame on APShit.

TOO much lies since May 29th 2016.

Bubuhary is on a foreign trip...

Fraudulent member of APC.


Abubakar Bukola Saraki, your time is UP!

Wonderful!

"Nigeria has already converted up to a tenth of its reserves into yuan five years ago.
Songtian said a framework on currency swaps has been agreed with Nigeria making it easier to settle trade deals in yuan".


God bless our hero's past.

God bless the past administration, God bless Goodluck Jonathan for setting the foundation for this achievement.

Where are the APC terrorist children of hate and anger...? Your usual hate comments and useless rant against the best president in the history of United Nigeria welcome.

americanigga:
I here by call on all Bayelsa state Indigens, residents, Ipobs and Biafran hopeful, both in and ouside the country to openly reject this good will from High chief, (Rit.) Hon Chibuike Rotimi Ameachi to construct a railway line in Otuoke Bayelsa. Because this will be a slap on the face of former president Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan the suposed hero of the Igbo race, who aparently did not do anything in the whole of Bayelsa let alone Otuoke. This looming embarrassment must be averted.

What the hero could not do in six years, the man that has been labeld as a betrayer is about to do it in one year. What will people say?

Is this a new rail line or same approved by last administration ?

etunoman76:
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday announced that the Federal Government had signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the construction of a new railway line that will run from Lagos to Calabar and also extend to the Obudu Cattle Ranch.

The President made the announcement when he performed the groundbreaking of the second cement line being constructed by the United Cement Company of Nigeria Limited in Mfamosing, Akamkpa Local Government Council of Cross River State.

This came just as Chairman of the Board of UniCem, Mr. John Coumantaros, said the additional 2.5-million-metric-tonne per annum line would be constructed at the cost of N84bn, adding that the project, which is expected to be completed in 2016, would bring the production capacity of the company to five million metric tonnes per annum.

Jonathan, who was represented by Vice- President Namadi Sambo, said it was commendable that barely five years after UniCem unveiled its first line of 2.5 million metric tonnes, the company had already concluded plans to double its production capacity.

He said, “In 2002, the Federal Government formulated the backward integration policy for the cement industry to facilitate Nigeria’s drive in self-sufficiency for cement production. It should be noted that within a decade, there had been a phenomenal growth from two million metric tonnes per annum to 39.5 million metric tonnes per annum of installed capacity.

“We are impressed that just five years after the first line in UniCem, we are gathered here again today for the second line, which will add 2.5 million metric tonnes per annum to the company’s capacity. This is ample growth of operational efficiency and the resilience of the management of UniCem.

Speaking on the proposed railway line from Lagos to Calabar, Jonathan said, “Indeed, I will like to state that very soon, the 550 megawatts station will be inaugurated. Also, on the railway line, I am also glad to inform you that the Memorandum of Understanding for the construction of a new railway line from Lagos to Calabar has been signed, and we hope that any moment from now, work will commence.

http://www.punchng.com/business/business-economy/jonathan-approves-lagos-to-calabar-rail-line/

When will this fraudulent government be serious with governance ?

Interesting...

APC and her many melodrama. - SMH

Nigeria will surely get back on the right track... just one day and soon.

Shalom!

Very good.

Interesting...

Where is that useless noise of fighting corruption sef ? The deafening noise is going down now.

You don't fight corruption by jailing people for 300 Years, thereby violating their rights, you fight corruption with technology. - GEJ

Obiagelli:
347 people killed someone must answer for this.

?

Mr Joshua is reported to live in opulence.

APC and confusion...


The level of propaganda within the party itself is unbelievable. SMH

God bless GEJ..

HungerBAD:
Like Father Like SON

The father (Olusola Saraki) is more fraudulent that the son (Olubukola Saraki).

The son is a learner.

The entire family of Sarakis' are looters and fraudsters.


May God deliver Nigeria from all known and unknown looters.

Interesting justification for stupidity, in the era of CHANJI.

you see ...

rozayx5:
lalasticlala firefire

flets

The Lord rebuke Satan.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners.

Saint Michael, the Archangel, defend Nigeria in battle.
Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him and all saboteurs, we humbly pray;
and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God
cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits
who prowl throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

modath:
T.A Danjuma is one of the 1% feeding fat on the collective commonwealth of the rest 99% through allocation of oil bloc licenses by cronies in govt, so no story here!!

He'll just claim it's from Seplat or whatever OML menene!!

He is as rich as some African countries, Next?

Absolutely!

For me and my household, we choose death by hanging over firing squad for the corrupt public office holders.

Insecurity rains in the land...

MrPolitics:
Wow. Is this loyalty?

Can you show me his legs ?