{"id":1196,"date":"2020-04-02T06:57:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T06:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/?p=1196"},"modified":"2026-05-15T10:54:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:54:17","slug":"covid-19-fg-is-starting-payment-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/?p=1196","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: FG is starting payment of N20,000 in Abuja, others will follow \u2014 Minister of Humanitarian Affairs."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEg_AdP7kDURUa5mZy1kyojIM9k7uY1aY2oCWU-0WN_iNHxIg8aXaQAsxEzdf1L2pkzmJDAmK_n9ChFn_1GXJuAr1MiKBd5E4pvuKX6rBbbuGKCp3FQjTsf4wVkh79CxI-WFmf-FFYH3zFs\/s1600\/5e85844799983.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/5e85844799983.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"726\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/5e85844799983.jpg\" alt=\"COVID-19: FG is starting payment of N20,000 in Abuja, others will follow \u2014 Minister of Humanitarian Affairs. - Image 1\" title=\"COVID-19: FG is starting payment of N20,000 in Abuja, others will follow \u2014 Minister of Humanitarian Affairs. - Image 1\" class=\"wp-image-1197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/5e85844799983.jpg 726w, https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/5e85844799983-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 726px) 100vw, 726px\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq has disclosed that the Nigerian government has commenced the payment of N20,000 each to 5,000 households in the Federal Capital Territory, to help cushion the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe Minister who addressed the journalists after disbursing money to some households in Kwali area council of Abuja, stated over one million Nigerians in 34 states will be benefitting from the initiative.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nShe added that the initiative was under the ministry\u2019s Conditional Cash Transfer programme, where N20,000 will be given to each of the beneficiaries covering a period of four months and N5,000 every month.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe Minister said;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><p>\n\u201cThe CCT is for poor and vulnerable households in the country. Beneficiaries are entitled to N5,000 every month.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><p>\n\u201cToday\u2019s payment of N20,000 to each beneficiary is for four mouths. It is going to happen all over the country, but we are starting with FCT, Lagos and Ogun. These are the frontline states. Other states will follow.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><p>\n\u201cWith the current pandemic and circumstances on ground, this amount will go a long way to support the families in their daily lives.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><p>\n\u201cToday, we are giving out N20,000 each to about 190 beneficiaries in Kwali Area Council. The total number of beneficiaries in FCT is 5,000.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nIt would be recalled that Nigeria recorded thirty-five new cases of coronavirus in the country yesterday bringing the total to 174.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq has disclosed that the Nigerian government has commenced the payment of N20,000 each to 5,000 households in the Federal Capital Territory, to help cushion the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic.&nbsp; The Minister who addressed the journalists after disbursing money to some households in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>COVID-19: FG is starting payment of N20,000 in Abuja, others will follow \u2014 Minister of Humanitarian Affairs. - LifestyleGist<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/?p=1196\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"COVID-19: FG is starting payment of N20,000 in Abuja, others will follow \u2014 Minister of Humanitarian Affairs. - LifestyleGist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq has disclosed that the Nigerian government has commenced the payment of N20,000 each to 5,000 households in the Federal Capital Territory, to help cushion the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic.&nbsp; 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