Niger trains 333 facilitators to enroll 219,125 beneficiaries of national safety nets project
The National Cash Transfer Unit in Niger has trained 333 facilitators to enroll 219,125 beneficiaries into the second phase of National Social Safety Nets Project Scale-Up (NASSP2-SU) in the state.
Head of Niger state Cash Transfer Unit, Malam Suleiman Hussaini Kpange, disclosed this during the one-day step down training held at Safect Hotel in Minna on Monday.
He said NASSP2-SU has three components such as Economic Shock Response (ESR-CT) Rural, Economic Shock Response (ESR-CT) Urban and Extended Regular (ER-CT) for existing cash transfer beneficiaries.
Kpange said beneficiaries of ESR-CT were selected from the National Social Register and Rapid Respond Register while ER-CT are existing beneficiaries in the NBR.
He said the beneficiaries would benefit N25,000 per month for three months, adding that the implementation for ESR-CT was six months while ER-CT would receive a twelve cycle payment.
He said the purpose of the training was to equip facilitators with basic skills and techniques on how to enroll beneficiaries of both ESR-CT and ER-CT.
He urged the trainees to pay attention to the training, ask questions in areas they don’t understand so as to apply skills and techniques learned in executing the task ahead of them.
He warned those with plan of perpetrating any form of deceitful activities, adding that the programme has zero tolerance for fraud and any officer found wanting would be dealt with decisively.
In her remarks, Hajiya Hauwa Bako, Focal Person and Special Adviser to the Gov. Umaru Bago on National Social Investment Programme (SIP), advised facilitators to be diligent to the duties.
“You should be very diligent and not make mistake of repeating names, concentrate well, concentrate and learn what you will be taught here today,” he said.
She said NASSP2-SU programme was in line with Bago led administration agenda of ensuring welfare of the citizens, urging the trainees to ensure smooth running of the project to attract the governor’s attention.
