Minister Sadiya
Farouq disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja, while responding to questions at
Presidential Task Force briefing on COVID-19.
The Minister
of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Sadiya Farouq has said the
Federal Government is expanding the social register for palliative distribution
by employing digital models including the use of Bank Verification Number
(BVN).
She noted
that this digital measure will be faster and make the distribution more
effective.
“We are using
other models including BVN to identify bank accounts. We are also using mobile
phone networks to identify poor and vulnerable people in society.
“This is
going to be faster, transparent and give room for more accountability,” she
said.
She added
that the conditional cash transfer to poor households which is currently going
on in some parts of the country is transparent and well organized.
According to
the Minister, all measures have been put in place by the Federal Government to
avoid duplication of households.
She also
revealed that civil groups, traditional and religious leaders, among others are
performing the role of identifying the poor in their communities thereby
assisting the Federal Government in the distribution.
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