The Federal government of Nigeria has commenced the distribution of Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards to 34,293 beneficiaries of the Household Uplifting Programme.
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This was announced by the minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farooq, through the National Cash Transfer Programme coordinator, Hajiya Halima Shehu.
The Household Uplifting Programme is an initiative of the Buhari-led administration which is aimed at providing access to targeted cash transfers to poor and vulnerable households as captured from the National Social Register (NSR) based on standard eligibility criteria.
The Head of Unit, Kwara State Cash Transfer Unit (KWSTU), Dr Aminah Yahaya, who flagged off the distribution in Ilorin, explained that the exercise heralded the completion of the digitalisation of the payment system.
Yahaya said there are 34,293 beneficiaries across the 16 local government areas of Kwara with Ilorin West used as the pilot scheme.
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There are 1,525 beneficiaries in Ilorin West local government area of the state.
She, however, apologized for the delay in the payment to the beneficiaries since October, adding the impeding issues had been resolved.
Yahaya explained that an account has been opened for all the beneficiaries and informed that they have been sensitised on how to safeguard their pin and cards.
She warned them not to disclose their card details to anyone either on phone or physically to avoid being scammed.
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