12M MORE NIGERIANS TO GET DIRECT CASH TRANSFER

The Federal Government has commenced the expansion of the scope of its direct cash transfer scheme with a plan to restart very soon, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, hinted yesterday. Edun, who dropped the hint in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, said: “The presidential panel on the social investment programmes, have prepared to go to Mr. President with an internal recommendation to restart the direct payments to the poorest of the poor and the most vulnerable. Everything is being done to ease the pain. We know that there have been about three million beneficiaries now, but given the way the rates have gone, there are probably another 12 million people, households that can benefit from that payment.”