The president has reiterated that he will fulfil his campaign promise with the payment of unemployed youths being one of them.
Special Adviser on social Investment, Maryam Uwais made the revelation in Abuja on Monday, May 23 at a workshop on Child Poverty and Social Protection in West and Central Africa at the ECOWAS secretariat according to Daily Trust.
The monthly pay for the poor and unemployed Nigerians had generated a lot of issues among Nigerians who thought the presidency had been dishonest with the promise to the Nigerian populace.
She noted that 30% of the poor in every state and local government would be catered for while the figure would be increased to about 50% in 2017.
She said N5000 will be the bench mark for each family.
“There is poverty everywhere but if we say everybody is below the poverty line, poverty is higher in some places than others, so to avoid ghost beneficiaries we have asked them to have BVN so banks can pay directly to them.”.
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