ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Federal Government has disbursed over N300 billion to 8.1 million households across Nigeria through the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) scheme.
The Minister of State for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Yusuf Sanunu, made this known on Monday during a roundtable event to mark this year’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction in Abuja.
“As a ministry, under the Hope Agenda of Mr. President, the Ministry has, through the National Social Investment Agency, done very well in improving the resilience of local communities.
“As of today, in terms of conditional cash transfer, over 8.1 million households in Nigeria have been reached with a total sum of over 300 and something billion naira.
“This has really improved their capacity, improved their health and education, and the process will continue,” Sanunu said.
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“We are also planning, together with both national and state levels, to improve on our flood mitigating effect by dolling out, in the next few weeks, to 21,000 Nigerians free interest and also free collateral loan of over N300,000 each.
“This is to address the issue of crisis in farming so as to mitigate the impact of flooding in Nigeria,” he stated.
Sanunu further announced a new empowerment initiative targeting internally displaced persons (IDPs), designed to provide them with a ready market for their agricultural products.
“Already, we have planted a program in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture in addressing the food security of internally displaced persons through collaboration with IDPs in their camps and host communities.
“The formula is to give the internally displaced persons 30 per cent of the produce, while the government will off-take 70 per cent , and the proceeds will be paid as cash to those who participated in the scheme,” he explained.
Earlier, the Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Zubaida Umar, emphasized that Nigeria, like many nations, continues to experience increasing frequency and intensity of disasters driven by climate change, conflicts, pandemics, and technological risks.
According to her, these challenges are stretching traditional emergency response systems and highlight the need for a proactive, well-financed, and preventive disaster management framework.
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“Your Excellency, this Roundtable also provides the platform for the official launch of two landmark policy instruments that will guide our collective efforts in the years ahead: the NEMA Strategy Plan (2025–2029) and the National Disaster Risk Reduction Strategy (2025–2030),” she said.
“These frameworks are anchored on risk-informed development, innovation in financing, and stronger institutional collaboration, ensuring that disaster risk management becomes an integral part of planning across all sectors,” Umar added.
She noted that NEMA is collaborating with stakeholders to establish a National Risk Monitoring and Information Platform to support early warning systems, vulnerability mapping, and risk-informed investment decisions.
The event was attended by Vice President Kashim Shettima, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Benjamin Kalu, Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal, lawmakers, and international partners.