Tag: Poorest
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My state is 8th poorest state in Nigeria, Governor cries out
Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State on Tuesday said the state now ranks as the 8th poorest state in the country. Mohammed said this in Bauchi during a ‘Town Hall Meeting with the Senate Committee on Poverty Alleviation and Social Investment Programmes’. The governor who was represented by his deputy, Alhaji Baba Tela explained that…
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How we identified beneficiaries of N5,000 programme – Presidency
The Federal Government has given an insight on how it determined the beneficiaries of the Conditional Cash Transfer who are now receiving the N5,000 monthly stipend across the nine pilot States. According to the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity in the Office of the Vice President, Laolu Akande, the nine States are Bauchi,…