The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs has said that no fewer than 3,500 women in Ogun state have received N20,000 each under the Federal Government’s Special Cash Grant Project for Rural Women in the country
In a statement issued on Saturday ,in Abuja,by Mrs Rhoda Iliya, the Deputy Director, Information, Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, explained that Humanitarian Affairs Minister,Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Farouq at the ceremony in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to alleviating poverty in the country.
The Minister who was represented by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Alhaji Bashir Alkali, said the grant was introduced in 2020 to sustain the social inclusion agenda of the Buhari government to lift 100 people out of poverty in 10 years.
She said that the programme was designed to provide a one-off grant to some of the poorest and vulnerable women in rural and peri- urban areas of the country.
The grant which is expected to increase income and productive assets of target beneficiaries” will be disbursed to about 125,000 poor women across the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory.”
In his remarks, the governor of Ogun state,Dapo Abiodun said the COVID-19 pandemic had posed a big challenge to everyone across the world as” it has seriously impacted on economies and the ability of people to earn a living..
” However, the state came up with some intervention programmes last year which provided palliatives to the people of the state” he said
Abiodun stated that the state has benefitted from several Federal Government schemes such as the Survival Fund and expressed delight that the state is part of beneficiaries of the cash Grant project for Rural Women.
He urged beneficiaries to to invest in expanding their businesses to increase their income.
In January alone, the Cash Grant has been disbursed to about 5,000 women in the Federal Capital Territory including persons with disabilities and 8,000 . women in Lagos have also benefitted from the project.
