The Federal Government has digitised the Conditional Cash Transfer CCT Programme under the National Social Investment Programme NSIP and to pay no fewer than 23,893 beneficiaries in Federal Capital Territory.
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Umar Farouq, made this known during the inauguration of recommencement of Household Uplifting Programme CCT HUP-CCT in Abuja.
Farouq, said President Muhammadu Buhari approved the partnership with the World Bank in 2016 to design and develop a safety nets programme for Nigeria under a broad-based platform of the National Social Safety Nets Project.
One important components of the project is the Household Uplifting-Conditional Cash Transfer HUP-CCT administered under a National Cash Transfer Office NCTO to deliver financial support to poor and vulnerable households nationwide.
According to her, the HUP-CCT beneficiaries are mined from the National Social Register using a standardised eligibility criterion, and granted with a monthly stipend.
