The Child Development Grant Programme (CDGP) in collaboration with UKAid has trained CIvil Society Organisations (CSOs) and the media on social protection awareness.
The CDGP, is a UKAid funded social protection programme, implemented by Save the Children and Action Against Hunger that commenced in Nigeria in 2014.
The National Programme Manager, Olukayode Ajumobi explained that its first phase, the progamme was positioned as a “Cash Plus for Nutrition”, aimed at contributing to the reduction of the high malnutrition levels in Northern Nigeria, by targeting and providing cash-transfer to pregnant women and women with children under the age of two years, in selected communities of Zamfara and Jigawa states.
Ajumobi further said in its second phase, CDGP phase II will focus on supporting the Federal government and selected state governments (Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano and Zamfara) to strengthen their social protection systems, in order to contribute to a greater coverage of inclusive and accountable social protection.
“Through support to federal level institutions and programmes, CDGP will also contribute to systems and capacity strengthening across all 36 states.
“CDGP’s ultimate aim is to ensure the existence of an enabling environment, strong systems and adequate capacity for the scale up of social protection in the country, thus contributing to the country’s poverty reduction efforts and simultaneously improving the ability, opportunity and dignity of the poor and vulnerable.
“To contribute to this strengthened capacity and knowledge among various actors, CDGP in phase 1 designed and developed a comprehensive social protection training package.
“The training package focuses both on theoretical and practical concepts and applications of social protection.
“The training is tailor-made and contextualized for Nigeria and contributed to increasing knowledge, awareness and understanding of Social Protection in CDGP 1 target states and at federal level.
