Since the CCT program’s launch in 2016, the federal government has given over N16.8 billion in grants and conditional cash transfers to over two million Nigerians.
A total of 2,295,325 citizens benefited from the CCT and the grants, according to information from the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development’s most recent ministerial performance scorecard, which was released in Abuja.
According to the report, “355,000 vulnerable persons have received funding for vulnerable groups of N20,000 in 36 states and the FCT,” which suggests that around N7.1bn was distributed in this category.
The study said that the CCT implementation efforts began in 2016 with eight states and three internally displaced people. Sadiya Farouq, the minister of humanitarian affairs, presented the report in Abuja.
The minister revealed that the co-responsibility component of the scheme commenced implementation in 2017 in 11 states, including Jigawa, Bauchi, Plateau, Niger, Ekiti, Osun, Oyo, Cross River, Kogi, Anambra, and Kwara. Farouq added, “The menu of co-responsibility is focused on health, nutrition, education, and environment.