The minister of Humanitarian Affairs Disaster management and social development Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq has reaffirmed the Commitment of the federal government to ensuring that poverty has been eradicated among Nigerians through various programs and initiatives introduced by the Buhari Administration.
The minister stated this during the Flagg-off of the Grants for vulnerable groups held In Kano.
The minister represented by the permanent secretary of the Ministry Dr. Nasiru Sani Gwarzo said since the inception of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Administration in 2015, it had inherited a National Poverty Incidence level averaging 70% (NBS).
She said the Federal Government has paid more attention to generating solutions to address the plight of the poor and vulnerable in the country despite other economic challenges the Administration inherited at the time.
“Since the commencement of implementing the NSIP in 2016, it has impacted positively on many lives of the poor and vulnerable in Nigeria.
I have personally witnessed the life-changing experiences of people who, hitherto, lived below the poverty line and those that are vulnerable to shocks but are now living better lives. “
“Today, we are here to flag off the Grant for Vulnerable Groups program (GVG) in Kano State, a project which was introduced in 2020, first as Grant for Rural Women (GRW), to sustain the social inclusion agenda of President Buhari’s Administration. It is consistent with his deliberate National agenda of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years”
The minister explained that the GVG was designed to provide a one-off grant, a cash grant of N20,000.00, to some of the poorest and most vulnerable Nigerians in rural and peri-urban areas across the 36 States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, to empower the beneficiaries to improve their productivity and their commercial activities, mainly aimed at easing them out of poverty.
“Let me add here that our target in Kano State is to disburse the grant to 9,925 beneficiaries across the 44 Local Government Areas of the State. This is the highest slot in the country because statistics show that the highest poverty incidence is actually in this State.”
In a remark governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje represented by the secretary to the state government Alhaji Usman Alhaji Applauded the Foresight and Commitment of the federal government to introduce programs and initiatives geared toward addressing the menace of poverty in the country.
Aminu Tudunwada and Mohammed Nasir were among the beneficiaries of the gesture, the assured adequate utilization of the funds, aimed at achieving the set objective.
Abdullahi Jalaluddeen/Kano