The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has expanded
the social register from 2.6 million households to 3.6 million
households.
This was as he pronounced another 14-day lockdown on Federal Capital
Territory Abuja as well as Lagos and Ogun States as part of further
measures to curb the spread of coronavirus in the country.
In his speech on Monday, Buhari said, “As a result of this pandemic,
the world as we know it has changed. The way we interact with each
other, conduct our businesses and trade, travel, educate our children
and earn our livelihoods will be different.
“To ensure our economy adapts to this new reality, I am directing the
Ministers of Industry, Trade and Investment, Communication and Digital
Economy, Science and Technology, Transportation, Aviation, Interior,
Health, Works and Housing, Labour and Employment and Education to
jointly develop a comprehensive policy for a “Nigerian economy
functioning with COVID-19”.
“The Ministers will be supported by the Presidential Economic
Advisory Council and Economic Sustainability Committee in executing this
mandate.
“I have also directed that the current social register be expanded
from 2.6 million households to 3.6 million households in the next two
weeks.
“This means we will support an additional one million homes with our
social investment programs. A technical committee is working on this and
will submit a report to me by the end of this week.”
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