The Federal Government says about 15 million vulnerable households have been captured in its Benefit Register for conditional cash assistance being implemented in partnership with the World Bank as part of efforts to cushion economic shocks.
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr Bernard Doro, disclosed this during an a televised interview today, explaining that not all households listed in the National Social Register qualify for direct financial support.
Doro noted that the National Social Register currently contains about 17.9 million vulnerable households identified through community-based assessments and socio-economic data, but stressed that beneficiaries for specific interventions are selected separately based on programme objectives.
According to him, the conditional cash assistance programme is designed as a temporary measure to provide relief to households facing economic hardship, rather than a universal benefit for all individuals captured in the broader social register. He disclosed that about 70 million Nigerians have been captured as vulnerable persons in the National Social Register as part of efforts to drive targeted poverty reduction interventions.
