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The Federal Government declared on Thursday that 1,940,004 vulnerable Nigerians are currently receiving N5,000 cash gift each every month.
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Farouq, stated this at a One-Day Stakeholders’ Retreat On National Social Investment (Establishment) Bill organised by the Senate Committee On Social Duties.
Farouq was represented on the occasion by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr Nasir Gwarzo.
The minister explained that the objective of the National Social Investment Programme Establishment Bill was to provide a statutory and institutional framework for the implementation of the National Social Investment Programme.
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