FG to give 125,000 women N20,000 each as grant

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, has said 125,000 rural women across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory will receive N20,000 each as grant from the Federal Government.

She stated this on Monday in Kano during the commencement of the programme in the state.

She said about 8,000 Kano women in the 44 local governments would benefit from the initiative.

A statement issued in Abuja by the ministry’s Deputy Director Information, Rhoda Iliya, quoted the minister as saying, “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.”

Farouq, represented at the event by the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Bashir Alkali, said the project was introduced in 2020 to sustain the social inclusion agenda of government.

“It is designed to provide a one-off grant to some of the poorest and most vulnerable women in rural and peri-urban areas across the country,” she stated.

The minister said the grant was expected to increase income and productive assets of target beneficiaries.

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, commended the government for initiating programmes geared towards supporting the poor and vulnerable in the society, especially women and children.

He appreciated the ministry for the enrolment of additional 35,000 beneficiaries from 15 Local governments under the Conditional  Cash Transfer scheme.

The governor, who was represented by the Deputy Governor, Usman Alhaji, urged the minister to approve the enrolment of the remaining 35,000 beneficiaries from the local governments.

The humanitarian minister also stated that over 4,000 beneficiaries across the 27 local governments of Jigawa State would benefit from the Federal Government’s grant for rural women in the state.