Imo: 278,727 benefit from Household Prosperity Transfer Programme

From George Onyejiuwa, Owerri
The Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr Bernard Doro, said his recent visit to Imo State was to ascertain the real beneficiaries of the Household Prosperity and Empowerment Cash Transfer Programme for the state.
Doro, who visited Imo State yesterday, interacted with some of the 278,727 households currently on the scheme which provides N75,000 to verified beneficiaries in three tranches.
The minister said the programme was specifically designed to support vulnerable Nigerians out of poverty, noting that already the federal government had disbursed over N6 billion to Imo State households.
Dr Doro said, “This programme was de...