KBSG LAUNCH THE DISTRIBUTION OF 6.5 BILLION NAIRA TO 65,000 VULNERABLES 26-08-24
By Sadiq Aminu The Kebbi State Government, has launched the distribution of One Hundred thousand Naira (#100,000) to Sixty Five thousand vulnerables in the state under the Kebbi State Care programme.
Speaking on the occasion, the State Governor, Comrade Nasir Idris, stated that, his administration has earmarked six oint five billion naira for the distribution and assured to continue to support any grant and Loans that will be of beneficial to the people of the State.
Governor Idris, while describing the programme as an avenue that will detached people from poverty, said the intervention was to quickly intervene in the current cost of living in the country.
The Governor, called on the beneficiaries to make judicious use of the money to make a better livelihood.
The State Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Dr Abba Sani-Kalgo, said, the Kaura Cares had continued to meet its target objectives of intervention, to support farming communities, increase yields and serve with effectiveness in poverty eradication.
The Commissioner said that, the beneficiaries were chosen by their various communities without interference by the governor or his subordinates.
Earlier, the state Programme Coordinator NG-Cares, Dr Rukayya Muhammad-Bawa, said that the NG-CARES programme was a beacon of hope, designed to uplift the most vulnerable citizens and enhance livelihood across the state.
She stated that, under the livelihood intervention 1.1, from inception, they have enrolled 1,950 beneficiaries that have received N10,000 monthly for the period of two years these beneficiaries were mined from the state social register that were either aged, chronically ill, persons with special needs or urban poor.