A total of 62,160 beneficiaries have been captured in Kogi state under the Federal Government’s Conditional Cash Transfer (FGCCT) Household Uplifting Programme (HUP).
The head of CCT unit in the state, Mrs Falilat Abdulrazaq, stated this at a three-day step-down training programme on ”Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on Household Information Update, organised for all the 294 Cash Transfer Facilitators (CTFs) from all the 21 local government areas of Kogi state .
Mrs Abdulrazaq noted that over 27,000 beneficiaries were recently added to existing figure making it a total of 62, 160 indigent households on their database, who would be receiving N10, 000 from the federal government every two months for the household uplifting programme.
She further stated that the CCT programme which had been in operation in Kogi for three years, was a programme put together by the present administration to address poverty at the households level.
”It is targeted at uplifting the lives of the poorest of the poor and the vulnerables; that is why it is referred to as the household uplifting programme.
”The first major objective is to improve household consumption, improve enrollment and retention in schools.
”To ensure that children from age 0 to 5 in Kogi state have access to quality healthcare, and ensure that the beneficiaries have sustainable source of livelihood when they exit the programme,” she said.
The head of CCT unit noted that there had been lots of success stories from the CCT beneficiaries across the state, saying the programme had been on for three years in Kogi state.
”Beneficiaries have saved money to build houses for themselves, established businesses and empower themselves through the programme.
”It has been quite impactful and helpful to the beneficiaries; it has uplifted a lot of them from poverty,” she said.
