October 31, (THEWILL) – The House of Representatives has summoned the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu.
This followed a motion of urgent public importance moved at plenary on Tuesday, over the handling of the Conditional Cash Transfer Programme (CCTP) of the Federal Government.
President Bola Tinubu had on Tuesday, October 17, launched the Renewed Hope Conditional Cash Transfer for 15 million households.
The President had in his Independence Day broadcast to Nigerians on October 1, 2023, announced the cash transfer programme, which he said would target vulnerable citizens.
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Edu, had said the sum of N25,000 would be transferred to the beneficiaries on a monthly basis for three months, which amounts to N75,000 for each of the beneficiaries.
However, the lawmakers, on Tuesday, expressed concern over the handling of the programme.
