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Ahmed Abubakar, Dutse
Jigawa State Governor Alhaji Muhammed Badaru Abubakar has suggested that the Buhari administration’s Social Intervention Programme (SIP) is the best in the world.
Governor stated this on Wednesday in Gagarawa town at the flag-off of the exercise for additional 18 Local Governments Areas in the State.
‘I’ve never seen a social intervention programme so big, all encompassing and supportive to the people in the whole world than this one,’ Governor Abubakar declared.
‘The execution of such an exercise is a gesture only done by a man with iman (man with the fear of God) for injecting huge amount of money into the hands of the poorest of the poor.’
He said those criticising the government are highly influential individuals that would not mind the system collapsing to enable them continue with blatant corruption.
Thd Jigawa Governor said the State has the highest number of SIP beneficiaries, where N9.074 billion was paid to 26,734 beneficiaries between August 2017 and April 2020.
He explained that Wednesday’s launch is for 26,734 beneficiaries, while additional 31,949 beneficiaries have been selected for subsequent payments of monthly cash transfers under the SIP.
Earlier, the state SIP Focal Person Alhaji Bala Usman Chamo, said the programme was commenced with 9 piloted LGA’s out of the 27 LGA’s in the State.
Chamo commended the Federal Government for incorporating the remaining 18 Local Governments into the Conditional Cash Transfer scheme for the vulnerable people in the State.
