Osinbajo Reveals How Federal Government Is Paying N1.5bn To Poorest Nigerians
Nigeria’s vice president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has revealed that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration pays N5,000 monthly to over 300,000 of the poorest families across the country, totalling up to N1.5 billion. Osinbajo stated this in Umuahia, the Abia state capital, at the launch of the Abia state Tele-Health support centre. He added that that the federal government was giving loans to over 300,000 traders and artisans and feeding 125,624 pupils in 742 schools. “We have 1,569 cooks in total; for micro-credit loans under our GEEP scheme, we have given loans to 7,585 small businesses,” he said adding that the government had so far invested about N2.4billion of the social investment programmes’ funds in Abia state. “And specifically in healthcare, we have the Saving One Million Lives Initiative, which has made available $1.5million to each state government – including Abia state – to improve the quality of basic healthcare available especially to our women and...

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