The Ogun government on Friday began the enrolment of over 80,000 beneficiaries for the Federal Government’s Renewed Hope Conditional Cash Transfer (RH-CCT) across its 20 local Ggovernment areas.

The Programme Manager, Ogun State Cash Transfer Unit, Mrs Funmilayo Baker, disclosed this during an assessment and supervision of the exercise at Ipara Community, Remo North Local Government Area of the state.

Baker explained that the enrolment exercise was in line with President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to alleviating the current economic reforms in the country.

She expressed optimism that the financial assistance would make a significant impact on the life of beneficiaries and their households.

She disclosed that over 80,000 households would benefit from the exercise in 192 wards, 2,681 communities across the state.

She stressed that each beneficiary would receive a sum of N25,000 per circle for three payment circles.

“The state organising coordinating unit did the enumeration of the poor and vulnerable households; they sent the list into the national social register at the federal level.

“Then from the national social register, names were sent back to the State Cash Transfer Unit for us to capture and verify the names on the national social register.

“After the name was sent, we are now pasting the disclosure list for the beneficiaries to come check their names.

“Anyone that sees his or her name on the disclosure list will be captured and the data is sent back to the national for onward payment into their bank account.

“This is to cushion the effect of the ongoing economic reforms as mandated by the president,” she said.

Responding on behalf of the beneficiaries, Mrs Morenike Sofade and Mrs Fathia Ogunsola, appreciated the federal and state governments for fulfilling their promises to ease the suffering of the poor in the society.

The Adamawa  Government in collaboration with Global Partnership for Education(GPE), a World Bank assisted programme disbursed N296m grant for the construction of eight public schools in Adamawa.

Speaking during a ceremony to commemorate the disbursement on Friday in Yola, the state Deputy Governor, Prof. Kaletapwa Farauta, underscored the importance of education as a priority area of the administration.

“Education is a priority area for the state government. The construction and rehabilitation of  schools would create a conducive learning environment for our children,” she said.

Farauta called on the School Based Management Commitees (SBMC) responsible for the project delivery in various local government communities, to be accountable and transparent in utilising the funds.

Malam Umar Garba, the Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, said the grant was meant to turn around infrastructure of schools in the state.

Garba said that the selection of beneficiary schools was objective and devoid of bias or political interferences, adding that eight schools would be constructed and 15 renovated.

The commissioner stated that the project was a collective delivery by each community, and meeting the criteria and benchmark set by World Bank would determine the next phase of the project.

The National Project Coordinator, Dr Olatunji David, said the project was significant with the agenda of the Federal Ministry of Education in developing a road map in Nigeria educational sector.

Represented by the State Project Coordinator, Mr Michael Medugu, David said the GPE was providing support to three focus states of Oyo, Adamawa and Kastina to address issues of access and learning outcomes.

“We are about to witness transformation in  schools’  infrastructure that are under served or hard to reach either for construction or renovation with basic amenities.

“This is to make learning conducive for learners, increase enrollment and ultimately reduce the menace of out of school children, ” the project coordinator said.

The state  Chairman of SBMC, Malam Galadima Isa, who spoke on behalf of the benefiting schools, promised quality and transparent execution of the job at the end of the project.