Under its Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Scheme, the Federal Government has announced a special gift of N25,000 per recipient for the nation’s most needy retirees.
This was said by Dr. Betta Edu, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, during a meeting in Abuja with the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero.
“President Bola Tinubu mentioned very clearly that vulnerable pensioners should be immediately captured on the National Social Register and benefit from the CCT.
“As part of social safety net, this was made clear in his speech on Independence Day where he committed 25000 Naira for 15million household for three months”, she said.
Edu reminded the union’s leadership that the agenda for “renewed hope” included the intention to add vulnerable retirees to the CCT program to the national social register.
In order to expedite the process of gathering data on potential vulnerable senior claimants so they can begin receiving CCT, she made an appeal to the NLC.
“I want us to fast-track this so that we are sure the expected beneficiaries can start receiving their stipends from next month, which is November,” Edu said.
The minister praised Ajaero for working well with others.
She claimed that it took a group effort to advance Nigeria.
She therefore pleaded with the NLC leadership to keep believing in the Tinubu Administration.