FG gifts 8, 000 Kano women cash grant

Under the ongoing Federal Government Cash Grant for Rural  Women Project , about 8,000  women across the 44 local Government Councils are to benefit from Kano state .

This was disclosed by the Honourable Minister of Humanitarian affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar  Farouq, during the flag off ceremony of the project in Kano State.

Speaking through her Representative, the Permanent  Secretary of the Ministry, Bashir Nura  Alkali,  the Minister stated that the project was introduced in 2020 to sustain the social inclusion agenda of the President  Buhari's administration.  

"It is  designed to provide a one-off grant to some of the poorest and most vulnerable women in rural and peri-urban areas of the country. 

"A cash grant of N20,000 will be disbursed to about 125,000 poor women across the 36 States of the  Federation and the Federal Capital Territory" 

The Minister said the grant is expected to increase income and productive assets of target beneficiaries. 

She urged the beneficiaries to make good use of the grant to generally  contribute towards improving their living standards. 

The Executive Governor of Kano State,  His Excellency,  Dr.  Abdullahi  Umar  Ganduje, in his remarks, commended the administration of President Muhammad Buhari  for initiating programmes that are geared towards uplifting of the plight of the poor and vulnerable in the society,  especially women and children. 

He appreciated the Ministry for given Kano  State a reasonable  slot of the project for rural women of Kano state. 

Under the Conditional  Cash Transfer (CCT), the Governor appreciated the enrollment  of additional thirty  five thousand beneficiaries  from the fifteen Local government  areas of the State and appealed to the Minister to approve the enrollment of the remaining 35,000 beneficiaries from these LGAs. 

The Governor who was Represented by the Deputy Governor, Dr. Yusuf Nasiru  Gawuna, also requested for the expansion of the State Social Register to accommodate the remaining  29 LGAs of the State as well as additional beneficiaries of the Loan (Trader Moni, Market Moni and Farmer Moni) in the next round of the programme, among others. 

In another development,  over 4,000 beneficiaries  across the 27 Local Government  Councils of Jigawa State are to benefit from the Federal government  grant for Rural Women Project. 

The Minister of Humanitarian affairs, Sister Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq disclosed this while flagging off the disbursement of the grant in Dutse, Jigawa  State capital. 

She said,  "I have been following your Excellency's transformational effort and I am confident with this track record,  various projects and programmes implemented  by President Buhari's Administration  will have the desired impact on lives of the people of Jigawa State. 

 The Minister called on other stakeholders  to support the Federal government in addressing the country's developmental  challenges. 

The Executive Governor of Jigawa State,  His Excellency,  Muhammad Badaru Abubakar speaking through the Special Adviser on Economic Empowerment , Abba  Muhammad Mujjadadi  commended Federal government gesture, noting that Jigawa State has  benefitted from other Federal government Social Investment Programnes in the past such as GEEP,  CCT, HGSFP, among others in the past. 

The Governor urged beneficiaries to make judicious use of the grant  to assist themselves and  their families.