The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation has announced that from next month, twenty five thousand Naira (25,000) grants will be paid to members of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners who are captured in the expanded National Social Register of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Scheme.
Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, made this announcement during a meeting with the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) led by its President Joe Ajaero at the Labour House in Abuja.
The Minister explained that vulnerable pensioners were included in the CCT scheme as part of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s commitment to labour leaders.
The Minister urged the NLC to help fast-track the process of collating data of would-be vulnerable pensioners beneficiaries so that they can start receiving CCT from next month.
President of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Godwin Abumisi, thanked President Tinubu and the Minister for finding the retirees worthy of the federal government benefits.
