No fewer than 127,754 urban poor will benefit from Federal Government Expanded Cash Transfer Programme in Kaduna State, the Coordinator, Mrs Nina Dawong, has said.
Dawong told the Harboursandport in Kaduna on Monday, that the beneficiaries would be captured in the COVID-19 Rapid Response Register (RRR).
She explained that the
RRR was an intervention under the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs,
Disaster Management and Social Development.
She added that the
intervention was to identify and document urban and semi urban poor that have
lost their source of income and became poorer from the harsh economic impact of
COVID-19.
She further said that
the RRR was being built nationwide by the National Social Safety-Nets
Coordination Office as an expansion of the existing National Social Safety Nets
Project, targeting non-traditional poor in urban and high-density locations.
According to her,
individuals or households in the rapid response register will be paid N5,000
monthly for at least six months to boost their consumption and help to build
their resilience.
“Unlike the
Conditional Cash Transfer where beneficiaries are selected from the Social
Register of the poorest of the poor and receive monthly stipends for three
years, the RRR targets urban poor and beneficiaries will receive stipends for
only six months.
“To benefit from the
programme, a person must have a phone number living within the targeted
geographic area mainly in urban poor areas.
“The individual or
households must also pass the validation checks that established the impact of
the pandemic on their means of livelihood.”
The state coordinator
said that geographical satellite remote sensing technology would be used to
locate the urban poor wards and high-density settlements.
She added that
targeting and enrollment of beneficiaries would be done using cellphone short
messaging service technology that will allow residents of identified
communities to register.
“This will be
completed by following simple steps via Unstructured Supplementary Service Data
(USSD) codes, integrated with the National Living Standard Survey assessment.
“The target groups
include small business owners, street vendors, petty-traders, small and medium
enterprises, service providers, low wage price sector employees including
wage-based labourers.
“Others are urban poor
and destitute such as persons with disabilities and vulnerable households in
slum areas affected by the pandemic,” she said.
She said that the
beneficiaries would be selected from 33 wards in 17 Local Government Areas
(LGAs) of the state currently not benefiting from the Conditional Cash Transfer
programme.
She identified the
wards and lGAs as Kauru West and East in Kauru LGA, Idon, Kujama and Kasuwan
Magani in Kajuru LGA; and Magajin Gari I and II in Birnin Gwari LGA.
Others, according to
her, are Kaura Ward in Kaura LGA, Igabi Ward in Igabi LGA, Ninzam North, South
and West in Sanga LGA; Wuciciri, Kaura, Dutsen Abba and Gyellesu Wards in Zaria
LGA.
“There are also Chikun
and Kujama Wards in Chikun LGA, Kafanchan A and B, Kaninkon, and Maigizo Wards
in Jema’a LGA; Jere North and South and Kagarko North and South in Jere LGA.
“Other wards include Lere in Lere LGA; Kachia
Urban in Kachia LGA; Soba Ward in Soba LGA; Giwa Ward in Giwa LGA; Zangon Kataf
in Zangon Kataf LGA; Kudan in Kudan LGA and Ikara Ward in Ikara LGA
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