Under the ongoing Federal Government Cash Grant for Rural Women project, about 8,000 women across the 44 local government areas of Kano state have benefited from the programme.
According to a statement signed by the Deputy Director of Information, Rhoda Ishaku Iliya, and made available to Blueprint in Abuja Monday, this was disclosed by the minister of Humanitarian affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, during the flag off ceremony of the project in Kano state.
Represented by 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.
The minister said the grant is expected to increase income and productive assets of target beneficiaries, urging the beneficiaries to make good use of the grant to generally contribute towards improving their living standards.
“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,” she said.
Also speaking, Governor of Kano state, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, 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.
The governor, who was represented by the deputy governor, Dr. Alhaji Usman Alhaji, 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.
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 35,000 beneficiaries from the 15 LGAs of the state and appealed for the minister to approve the enrollment of the remaining 35,000 beneficiaries from these LGAs.