Sevnty-eight local government facilitators drawn from 26 states across the country have been trained on Savings and Group Mobilsation (SGM) under the National Cash Transfer programme.
The facilitators are expected to in turn train beneficiaries of the scheme at their various wards, the National Training officer, Mr Solomon Kola, has said.
The National Cash Transfer Programme is one of the five components of the Federal Government Social lnvestment Programme (NSIP) targeted at eradicating poverty across the country
Kola told newsmen in Benin City that the training was conducted by the National Cash Transfer Office (NCTO) in collaboration with States Cash Transfer Unit.
He disclosed that the objective of the training was to improve beneficiaries knowledge and skills in savings and mobilisation as well as group formation and management.
According to him, the criteria for selecting beneficiaries is dependent on community leaders who identifies the poorest among them after which a monthly stipends of N5,000 is disbursed to them to enhance their standard of living”.
Besides, Kola said the beneficiaries would receive the monthly stipends for three years, adding that the federal government has also provided capacity building for them within the period.
Edo State Head of the Cash Transfer Unit, Mr. Sunday Erhunmwonsere, said about 10,705 poor and vulnerable household have so far been identified and enrolled to benefit from the programme.
