The federal government says it has disbursed more than N600 billion in cash transfers to vulnerable Nigerians in three years as parts of its efforts to cushion biting cost-of-living crises.
Bernard Doro, minister of humanitarian affairs and poverty reduction, made this known on Wednesday during an interview on Channels Television.
Doro said the payments were part of the measure taken by the President Bola Tinubu’s administration to support the poor and vulnerable households and improve their living conditions.
The minister said the cash-transfer programme backed by an $800 million World Bank facility had reached slightly more than 10 million households, which could translate to about 40 million people based on an average household size of four.
The target is to reach about 15 million households relying on a national social register which consists of millions of Nigerians who are vulnerable and in need of support.
