The Federal Government has begun the conditional money transfer of N20,000 to residents of Lagos State as part of efforts to cushion the effects of the lockdown, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Lagos state governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, disclosed this on Friday, while receiving the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, in his office.
According to Sanwo-Olu, the minister’s team was in Lagos to flag-off the conditional cash transfer and supply of relief food materials.
These includes the poor and vulnerable including the elderly, internally displaced persons, persons living with disabilities, petty traders, hawkers, labourers, amongst others.
The governor tweeted, “Today, I received the Hon Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Umar Farouq who was in Lagos with her team to flag off the conditional cash transfer and supply of relief food materials for the vulnerable.
“Our state is the epicenter of COVID-19 in Nigeria. We appreciate all the support we have received from the Federal Government. Again, I appreciate President Muhammadu Buhari for his leadership and for his invaluable support. We will not rest until Lagos is free of COVID-19.”
More so, Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State said on Friday, said he received the minister of humanitarian affairs in his office in Abeokuta.
“The Honourable Minister handed over five truckloads of rice and one truckload of vegetable oil, as part of the relief materials that the Federal Government is donating to the state for further distribution to the poor, vulnerable and elderly.
“She gave her word to speed up the process of the FG’s cash transfer to the less privileged in Ogun State, in order to ensure that these beneficiaries remain well during the COVID-19 lockdown period, which was directed for the common good of everyone,” Abiodun wrote on Twitter.
