Shuaibu Usman
Senior Special Assistant to Gov. Abdullahi Sule/Focal Person on Humanitarian Services, Imran Jibrin said Governor Abdullahi Sule has approved an increase in the amount of the state’s conditional cash transfer and the number of its beneficiaries.
The conditional cash transfer popularly known as Kudin A. A. Sule in the state, is a state government-financed monthly stipends for the vulnerable, which the governor’s aide said the increase will be implemented in the 2024 fiscal year.
He made the disclosure when he received the Nasarawa State House of Assembly Committee on Women Affairs and Social Development during an oversight function in Lafia, Wednesday.
He explained that the amount has been increased from 5000 to 7000 and the number of the beneficiaries have been jerked up from 3,800 to 6000, adding that this will naturally shroud poverty and address destitution in the society to a large extent.
Hajara Danyaro, the Chairperson of the Committee on Women Affairs and Social Development, assured the Agency of the House support to succeed, enjoining the state government to take sustain the gesture to move the state to the next level of development.