By Frank Ikpefan Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed an increase in the beneficiaries of the National Social Investment Programmes.
The President directed the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development to increase the number of N-Power beneficiaries from 500,000 to 1,000,000.
He also directed an increase in the beneficiaries of Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP) by 1,000,000 as well as beneficiaries of the Home-Grown School Feeding by 5,000,000.
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq stated these during a briefing to give account of her ministry in the last one year on Monday in Abuja.
The Minister said about 3.7 million households comprising of more than 15.5 million individuals have been captured on the National Social Register.
She said the ministry has developed a strategy for targeting the urban poor in line with President Buhari’s directive to expand the National Social Register.
