Halima Shehu, the national coordinator/chief executive officer of the National Social Investment Programmes Agency (NSIPA), says there are different categories of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) that will be disbursed to vulnerable and low income households across the country. She said enrollees of the first category of the conditional cash transfer would receive ₦5,000 each, as part of the efforts by the federal government to alleviate poverty. President Bola Tinubu‘s request for the approval confirmed his determination to sustain the conditional cash transfer scheme initiated by his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari. Mrs Shehu further explained that the disbursement of the conditional cash transfer to the beneficiaries will be supervised by development partners and the World Bank for proper transparency and accountability. This is how transparent the conditional cash transfer is.”N-Power beneficiariesMrs Shehu noted that the N-power empowerment initiative of the federal government was designed to benefit each enrollee for two years.

Source: Punch October 19, 2023 06:52 UTC