Tag: BREAKING: NEC proposes states-run cash transfer programmes

  • BREAKING: NEC proposes states-run cash transfer programmes

    BREAKING: NEC proposes states-run cash transfer programmes

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    Olumide Akinrinlola
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    The National Economic Council, on Thursday, in Abuja, proposed that State Governments implement cash transfer programmes using state-generated social registers, to soften the harsh economic realities since the discontinuance of petrol subsidy on May 29. This is different from the National Social Register, which, as of 2023, has captured over 61 million vulnerable Nigerians eligible…