FG approves N400bn for poverty reduction schemes
The Federal Government has approved the sum of N400 billion under the National Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy.
This covers certain welfare schemes which include the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme, Conditional Cash Transfer, Farmer Money, and Market Money.
The approval for 2022 was made known by the Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule.
Governor Sule had spoken with State House correspondents on Thursday after a meeting of the National Steering Committee of the NPRGS at Aso Rock in Abuja, to review the implementation of what was approved in the budget.
The President Muhammadu Buhari had in 2021, set up the NPRGS headed by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.
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