Federal gofment don announce say two million Nigerians go soon start to dey collect five-five thousand Naira from June as basic cash transfer under di National Cash Transfer Programme.

Di Federal Gofment go dey pay N5,000 each from inside N20 billion wey dem been budget to give
beneficiaries, especially poor pipul wey no get anything.

For inside di March document on di strategic roadmap and activity of di Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, di document tok say di number of beneficiaries don dey increase.

Di document follow tok say for 2018, about 19 state na im dem cover for dis National Cash Transfer Programme, and e come increase to 24 state in 2019, come follow increase again to 36 states and di Federal Capital Territory in 2022. Altogether, na 1.6 million pipul dey benefit.

Even sef, di Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq tok say di document show say di number go still increase in June.

“School retention, good water and hygiene conditions for deir house and environment,”
Madam Farouq tok say her ministry na im designed wetin dem dey call ‘social register’ wey dem call am Rapid Response Register to use record poor workers wey be say na daily wage dem dey collect for their petty work. Dem find all dis pipul for different-different town and city, especially di ones wey really suffer during di COVID-19 lockdown.
“Up till now, out of di one million beneficiaries wey di gofment been target, we don pay N5,000
to 850,000 beneficiaries digitally through di Nigeria Inter-bank Settlement System wey dey validated all di account before payment.

“We go pay 150,000 by di end of April. All dis beneficiaries go collect six months of support in cash.”

Di ministry tok say according to dis National Social Register, 46 million pipul for all di 36 states and the FCT, gada from about 11 million household na im dem don registere as of 2022.

E come follow tok say di N-Power volunteer scheme don provide temporary job opportunity for 498,602 graduate for inside Batch A and B while 450,000 graduate under Batch C,
Stream 1 don dey engaged.
Di ministry come tok say dem don dey gather anoda 390,000 pipul for Batch C Stream 2 and say dem don get presidential approval to add another 1 million beneficiaries.

Di Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development don concluded plans to roll out di Gofment Enterprise and Empowerment Programme GEEP 2.0 for all di 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
Dis na afta di final verification of Phase 1 applicants wey been qualify wey dem select to benefit from small loans ranging from N50,000 to N300,000.

Di Minister Sadiya Umar Farouq tok say all beneficiaries of GEEP 2.0 go collect congratulation and sensitization text message wey go also tell dem say dem don qualify and di message go also sound am well-well say dis empowerment program na loan, no be grant.

“All di beneficiaries wey qualify go soon receive their disbursement alert. We wan also remind all di beneficiaries wey qualify say this na loan wey una go fit pay back without interest. No be grant or free money from gofment oh. Na soft interest-free loan wey una must pay back 9 months”.

Minister Umar Farouq come also announce say di Ministry dey plan rollout di program all around di country, na afta dis part na im dem go start the biodata part.

Dis GEEP 2.0 na loan scheme wey di Federal Gofment design to provide moni and finances wey go fit go round to many poor pipul as well as pipul wey get disability and oda grassroot pipul wey dey really struggle, di scheme dey under dis three main di main schemes: Market Moni, Trader Moni and Farmer Moni.

Trader moni na for youth of between 18-40 years wey no get any means of survival like under-privileged and marginalized youths. Dis scheme go provide loans of N50,000 while Market Moni dey take under-privileged and marginalized women between 18-55 years like Widows, divorcees amongst other vulnerable groups. They get interest-free loans of N50,000 payable within 6-9 months.

Farmer Moni na for Nigerian farmers wit age between 18-55 years wey dey for rural area wey dey operate in di agricultural space. Dem go provide beneficiaries with loans of up to N300,000 for farming input. Dis scheme get 12 months including 3 months moratorium and 9 months repayment period.

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SA MEDIA
06-04-2023

Di Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Umar Farouq don send im condolence message to all di family and victim of di Abuja-Kaduna train wey unknown gunmen attack on Monday for Dutse Forest, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

Di Minister, been directed sharp-sharp deployment of di NEMA Northwest Zonal Office team to go di place wey di train attack been hapun and to check on di victims; she tok say dis incident dey very horrific.

“I dey send my heartfelt condolences to di family of di pipul wey lose dier lives for dis attack. I pray say God go console and strengthen dem at dis time of grief. I de also pray for di wounded and hospitalized pesins wey sustain injuries, I pray say dem go recover quick-quick”.

Di National Emergency Management Agency Zonal Coordinator Abbani Imam Garki na im lead im team go visit eleven victims wey dey receive treatment for St. Gerald’s Hospital for Kaduna. Dem refer eight victims to 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital, Kaduna. Anoda two of di victims wey sustain gunshot wound and fracture still dey hospitalized.
Di management of di hospital follow confam dem get twenty-five (25) victims on admission wey gada get different-different injury.

One representative of di Chief Medical Officer of the 44 NARHK
hospital tok say some victims don already do surgery, while oda victims don collect treatment come dey under observation.

Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency don announce say make family of di victims try contact 09088923398 for inquiries or to provide information on passengers wey travel with di Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28, 2022.

𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘈𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘗𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘪𝘯

𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘩 𝘡𝘶𝘣𝘢𝘪𝘳

Di Federal Gofment don approve di engagement of four of im Agencies to train 50,000 Non-Graduate N-Power Beneficiaries.

Na for di Federal Executive Council wey hold on Wednesday, na im dem approve say make di National Institute of Transport Technology NITT, Industrial Training Fund ITF, National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism, Hydraulic Equipment Development Institute HEDI train di beneficiaries for 9 months.

Di Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Umar Farouq tok say di ministry dey run di implementation of di National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) in line with im mandate to reduce poverty, and to increase social inclusion and youth empowerment.

“Dis N-Build dey under di N-Power cluster of programmes wey NSIP dey manage and e dey target unemployed non-graduates. Dis proposed training na continuation of N-Build training wey start in 2017 wit all di batch of N-Power trainees.

“Di Ministry don review di delivery process of di N-Build programme so dat we go fit confirm whether e dey helep wit di Job Creation/Poverty Reduction agenda of di Federal Gofment and note di capacity of the four existing professional vocational training Institutes wey di gofment set up with different mandates. Dem use care to choose dis Institutes in line wit di objective of di N-Power and e dey based on di capacity to train, assess, certify and guide candidates so dat dem go fit achieve di National Skills Qualifications (NSQs) of di N-Build Programme”.

The proposed training programme go be three (3)months of In-centre class training, six (6) months for apprenticeship, post Apprenticeship, mentorship with provision of Starter Packs and assessment wey go lead to di award of National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) Certification.

Di N-Build apprenticeship programme go dey coordinate across di 36 States and FCT and centres in almost 350 Local Gofment Areas.

Di National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism go provide professional and technical skills upgrade training programmes for di beneficiaries in Baking, Cooking/ catering, House- keeping and Mixology plus including all areas of Hospitality and Tourism, whether na directly or indirect aspect of hospitality, den, di Industrial Training Fund ITF go train beneficiaries in Electrical, Masonry, Plumbing and Carpentry.

Na di National Institute of Transport Technology NITT go handle di Training Services in Automobile and Agritech Tracks, while di Hydraulic Equipment Development Institute HEDI go empower beneficiaries in welding and Fabrication, Electrical Fittings and Plumbing.

SA MEDIA

24-03-2022

17 March 2022

NIGERIA, ECOWAS SUPPORT WFP’s FOOD AND NUTRITION ASSISTANCE TO VULNERABLE FAMILIES WIT IM US$1M IN 2021

ABUJA – Di United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) don get di US$1 million moni in 2021 from di Gofment of Nigeria as part of ECOWAS humanitarian assistance to di Nigerian Gofment for d pupul wey d cata-cata bege for di wahala wey dey happun for North West and North East Nigeria.

Di moni from ECOWAS been dey granted to the gofment of Nigeria from di ECOWAS Regional Stabilization Fund. Di Gofment of Nigeria come join with WFP in Nigeria to use di moni take comot hungeri for Katsina, Zamfara and Borno states.

Di programme been dey target 840 households (some 4,196 persons) for Zamfara, Katsina and Borno states wey get food wahala, we go dey helep dem with food. Di beneficiaries go dey collect average cash transfer of NGN 27,000 in dier prepaid bank cards or WFP SCOPE cards every month to take buy food wey dem like from local market. Dem encourage beneficiaries to buy different-different local food from market. Dis cash transfer come get additional advantage of stimulating local markets as well as agricultural production.

To prevent serious malnutrition in children for di first 1,000 days of dem life, di programme come follow provide nutrition to dey helep children from 6-23 months old and to pregnant women as well as women wey dey breastfeed vulnerable and food wahala households. Some 14,070 children and 1,932 pregnant/breastfeeding women come get specialized nutritious food for di three (3) project states.

In addition to all dis, WFP dey use di ECOWAS donation to helep household wey dey for kata-kata wahala states of Borno, Adamawa, Yobe and Katsina tanda gidigba. Di project go also provide milling machines as well as training support to 603 returnees from Cameroon and displaced rural women to support dem to generate some income to take sustain dem livelihoods.

Quotes

Honorable Minister Sadiya Farouq, Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development:

“Dis project don provide di FMHADMSD better-better way to dey showcase im best practice of partnership and collaborate in how dem dey take deliver humanitarian intervention. E don follow advance di effort of di Nigerian Gofment to touch di life of plenti-plenti Nigerians wey dey vulnerable situations.”

ECOWAS: Dr. Siga Fatima Jagne, Commissioner for Social Affairs and Gender, ECOWAS Commission:

“In line with di humanitarian mandate of di ECOWAS Commission also with di response to di Decision of di Fiftieth Ordinary Session of di Authority of Heads of State and Gofment of December 17, 2016, to assist population in North East Nigeria wey dey affected by terrorism, di ECOWAS Commission gather join with Gofment of Nigeria and di World Food Programme dey provide humanitarian support to our population for Nigeria wey dey in need, and e go continue to build di resilience of our people to bridge di gap wey dey between humanitarian work and development across di West African region for a prosperous ECOWAS Community.”

WFP:
Ronald Sibanda, WFP Representative and Country Director a.i.:

“Di contribution of Gofment of Nigeria, through ECOWAS, been come at a very critical point as country people dey suffer impact of wahala and climate change wey dey contribute to hunger for di country. Inside dis affected states, plenty wahala, climate shocks, high food prices don really undermine people’s ability to feed them sef. WFP really dey happi for dis contribution wey dey support di effort to continue to dey provide life-saving food and nutrition as well as assistance to people wey dey in need for states wahala of im states”.

Di United Nations World Food Programme na im be di ogbonge humanitarian organization for dis world wey dey save lives incase of emergency, and e dey also give food assistance. All dis things na im dey build road to peace, stability and prosperity for im country people wey dey recover from wahala, disaster, and di impact of climate change. Follow dem for Instagram @fmhds_ng and @worldfoodprogramme.

For informate, abeg call im
Halima Oyelade, FMHADMSD/ Abuja. Mob. +234 806 33 90 420. hoyelade@gmail.com
Godfrey Alozie, ECOWAS, Abuja. Mob. +234 803 701 1515. galozie@ecowas.int
Kelechi Onyemaobi, WFP/ Abuja. Mob. +234 902 486 7649. kelechi.onyemaobi@wfp.org

Di Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq don Don kick-start di NEXIT/CBN Agri-Business Small and Medium Enterprises Investment Scheme N-Power beneficiaries dem Batches A and B wey dem don dey wait so tey.

Out of di 467,183 trainees wey show interest, 75,600 na im go participate for di first phase of di orientation programme wey dey expected to lead to collection of loans wey go reach up to three million Naira from Central Bank of Nigeria if dem qualify.

For di kick-start ceremony wey happen on Monday for Press Centre, Radio House Abuja, di Minister, wey dey represented by di Permanent Secretary Bashir Nura Alkali thank President Muhammadu Buhari for dis administration and all im efforts to comot poverty from di country and for di constant support and sustainance of di National Social Investment Programmes.

She also congratulate di 467,183 trainees wey show interest for di NEXIT CBN AGSMEIS programme from di 500,000 dem batch A and B exited im beneficiaries.

Umar Farouq tok say dis na di first of plenty-plenty other phases wey go take place in all di 36 states and FCT.

“Na my greatest desire to see say di exited batches A and B N-Power graduate beneficiaries go dey attended to for different channels, I don dey assure dis plenty youths say di Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development dey work very close wit Central Bank of Nigeria to realize dis dream.

“Today go mark di begin of di fulfilment of dis training wey we don dey wait, wey go enable di beneficiaries wey show interest to participate for di CBN empowerment programme.

“To make sure say everything go coole, we go conduct dis training programme in phases. Make I also tell una say all di 36 States and FCT go participate for dis so tey NEXIT training programme wen we dey wait for to come. Total of 75,600 participants dey for dis dem first batch of the training. We go continue to dey train di remaining batch as soon as em possible

“Di Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development dey very committed to make sure say we gather all di objective and plan of all di social intervention programmes sake of make we achieve di goals and objectives.

“​Di N-Power programme na ogbonge part of di National Social Investment Programme wey dey under di Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, wen dem design to achieve di National objectives of reduction of poverty and creation of job. Di N-Power programme dey important in area to help young Nigerians to get and develop skills wey go follow dem for life, and wey go ensure say dem sef go become solution providers and entrepreneurs for deir community”.

For him welcome address, di Permanent Secretary wey dey represented by di Director Planning, Research and Statistics Raphael Oraeluno tell di beneficiaries say make dem make use of dis opportunity well-well.

“I want make every trainee see dis unique opportunity as blessing wey dem must no waste. I remember how we take waka come reach dis point wey we dey so. Now wey una don finally get dis opportunity, make sure say una maintain di highest level of seriousness throughout di training programme and afterwards. As beneficiary, una go dey very equipped with di necessary training wey go guarantee say you go fit participate in the CBN package wey dey meant for dis purpose”.

Di National Coordinator, National Social Investment Programmes Dr Umar Bindir follow advise di beneficiaries to take advantage of di CBN package to be self sufficient.

At di end of the five day training, beneficiaries wey qualify go collect loan reach three million Naira with maximum tenure of seven years.

NNEKA IKEM ANIBEZE
SA MEDIA
14-03-2022