The Rural Women Cash Grant Flag-off in FCT, Abuja today, 21st Jan, 2021.
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Women Cash Grant
The Grant for Rural Women programme was introduced in 2020 to sustain the social inclusion agenda of President @MBuhari Administration to lifte 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years.
The programme was also designed to provide a one-off grant to some of the poorest and most vulnerable women in rural and peri-urban areas of the country.
Hon. Minister Sadiya_farouq during the flag-off Sayed “Our target in FCT is to disburse the grant to about 5,000 beneficiaries across the 6 Area Councils. The grant is expected to increase income and productive assets of target beneficiaries”.