Federal government approves N400 billion for Conditional Cash Transfer, Farmer Money, others

Federal government approves N400 billion for Conditional Cash Transfer, Farmer Money, others.

The Federal Government has approved the sum of N400 billion under the National Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy (NPRGS), which covers certain welfare schemes including the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP), Conditional Cash Transfer, Farmer Money, and Market Money.

The approval for 2022 was disclosed by Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State who spoke with State House correspondents after a meeting of the National Steering Committee of NPRGS on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The Governor said the meeting was a steering committee of the Presidential Poverty and Growth Strategy, according to the News Agency of Nigeria.