FG clarifies how beneficiaries emerge for N50,000 NERSI relief fund

Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction has clarified the selection process for the National Emergency Relief and Stabilisation Intervention, NERSI, an intervention programme meant to support vulnerable households amid rising living costs. In a statement signed on Friday by the Director of Information and Public Relations, Janet Mcdickson Noah, the ministry said the clarification became necessary to help Nigerians understand the intervention and guard against misinformation. According to the ministry, beneficiaries are picked from the National Social Register and verified national identity records, using poverty and vulnerability crit...