In a bid to boost the Federal Government’s efforts to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in the next 10 years, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed an increase in the number of beneficiaries for the National Social Investment Programmes.
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, made this known on Monday, during a ministerial media briefing to give account of her ministry in the last one year in Abuja.
According to her, the president has directed the Ministry to increase the number of N-Power beneficiaries from 500,000 to 1,000,000.
She stated that the President further directed an increase in the number of beneficiaries of the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP) by 1,000,000 and increased the beneficiaries of the Home-Grown School Feeding by 5,000,000.
“In a bid to realise Mr. President’s commitment to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in the next 10 years, the ministry places significant emphasis on youth empowerment by strategically ascertaining youth engagement as a foundational objective in implementing the following strategies: double the scope of the National Social Investment Programmes.
“Mr. President has graciously approved the expansion of all NSIP programmes. Such as an increase of N-Power beneficiaries from 500,000 to 1,000,000, increase GEEP beneficiaries by 1,000,000 and increase of beneficiaries of Home-Grown School Feeding by 5,000,000,” she said.
The minister said about 3.7 million households comprising more than 15.5 million individuals have been captured on the National Social Register.
She also added that the ministry has developed a strategy for targeting the urban poor in line with President Buhari’s directive to expand the National Social Register.
