Osun Government says 7,993 households from the state would receive N5,000 monthly stipend of the Conditional Cash Transfer

    The Osun Government says 7,993 households from the state would receive N5,000 monthly stipend of the Conditional Cash Transfer, CCT,programme of the Federal Government, as the payment commences in the state.

    The Head of the State CCT Office in the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Affairs, AdeolaOyebamiji, made this known to newsmen in Osogbo.
   Oyebamiji said the federal government had commenced the roll out of cash and the first batch of beneficiaries were drawn from Ife North and Ila Local Government areas from the 12 local government areas that had been selected for the programme.
   She said the households had been identified as vulnerable and the poorest of the poor in the state, adding that the programme will complement that of the state government in banishing poverty.
    Oyebamiji confirmed that with the commencement of the payment, each identified beneficiary would collect N10,000 being stipends for December 2016 and January 2017, while other subsequent payments would be paid into their accounts.