The Federal Government, has on Saturday, said that in 16 cycles disbursement, it has spent N9.074 billion on the Conditional Cash Transfer, CCT, and another N5.178 billion, on the School Feeding Programme, from inception in 2017, till date, in Jigawa State
Bala Chamo, the State Coordinator, Social Investments Programme, SIP, who made this known at a News Conference, in Dutse, the State capital, said that the N9.074 billion was spent in 9 Local Government Areas of the State.
The State Coordinator also said that arrangements have been concluded for the payment of the newly enrolled beneficiaries of the N-Power Programme, from the remaining 18 Local Government Areas of the State.
He expressed optimism that the newly enrolled beneficiaries should be receiving credit alerts for their first payment, from Tuesday, August 11.
Chamo noted that the N9.074 billion was used as payment of stipends in 29 months, to 728,367 beneficiaries, from its inception in August/September 2017, up till March/April 2020.
On the School Feeding Programme, he disclosed that N6 billion has been spent to provide lunch meals to pupils in Primary classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 in the State.
He said that this was funded jointly by both the Federal and State Governments.
Chamo further stated that N5.178 billion was released by the Federal Government for the feeding of pupils in Primaries 1, 2 and 3 classes, for 168 days from its inception, on November 27, 2017.
The State Coordinator added that the State Government also supported the Federal Government, by providing N878 million, for the feeding of pupils in Primaries 4, 5 and 6 classes, which brought the total to N6 billion.
Chamo said that 441,057 pupils were fed in Primaries 1, 2 and 3 classes, from November 2017, to July 2019.
He noted that 434,995 pupils of Primaries 4, 5 and 6 classes were also fed during the period under review, across the 27 Local Government Areas, adding that, the total number of pupils fed, were from no less than 2,000 Schools.
