The Lagos State Government has collaborated with the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development to distribute cash grants to poor and vulnerable residents of the state.
The state Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Mrs Yetunde Arobieke, at the event held at the Police College in Ikeja GRA on Tuesday, noted that the cash grant would reduce the suffering of vulnerable groups across the state.
Arobieke, who was represented by the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Simone Fashola, disclosed that independent monitors have been enlisted across the state to ensure transparency and accountability in the implementation of social intervention programmes.
She said, “The flag-off of the distribution of the Federal Government cash grant to the vulnerable groups today involves the roll out of the Government Enterprise Empowerment Programme (GEEP 2.0) to beneficiaries of Market Moni and Trade Moni; launch of National Home Grown School Feeding Programme, handover of height and the inspection of farm to kitchen centre.
“These programmes were approved in the state by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and commenced in April 2020 to fast track the conditional cash transfer to beneficiary households to reduce the sufferings of the poor and vulnerable in Lagos State.”
In her address, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Farouq, who was represented by the Director of Humanitarian Affairs, Alhaji Ali Grema, said, “The Grant for Vulnerable Groups is designed to provide a one-off cash grant of N20, 000 to the poorest and most vulnerable Nigerians in rural and peri-urban areas across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory.”
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