By Funmi Ojo
In continuation of his administration’s efforts to cushion the effects of the harsh economy, Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has disbursed a sum of over Five Hundred and Eighty-Eight Million Naira to 19,720 beneficiaries of Imole Osun Cash Grant Scheme.
An additional Sixty Thousand identified poor segment of the population are to receive ATMs of their bank accounts to facilitate their access to such grants.
Governor Adeleke said the beneficiaries are selected from the State Social Register for Poor and Vulnerable Households domiciled in the State, Operation Coordinating Unit, National Social Safety Net Project in the Ministry of Economic Planning, Budget and Development.
The Governor represented by the Head of Service, Mr. Ayanleye Aina who highlighted programmes of the present administration to attend to the needs of the poor, the weak and the under-privileged said the administration has invested heavily in the Social protection sector, developing and implementing several high-level Social Security Strategies to reduce the poverty, unemployment and low productivity space among others.
Describing himself as a pro-poor, pro-welfare leader, the Governor said his administration’s Five-Point Agenda has social investment as the core of its focus, noting that “these policies cut across health, education, agriculture, youth, women, children development and Special Needs.
The 19,720 beneficiaries were supported with a sum of 25,000 and 30, 000 while 10,390 of them with existing bank accounts have had access to withdraw and utilize their money.
“Also, I have given approval that the remaining 9,330 beneficiaries be given their debit cards. These people are poor people without account numbers and with this distribution, it becomes an achievement that is in tandem with the financial inclusion policy of the Federal Government”.
He maintained that at least 60,000 people would receive their ATM cards of bank accounts which was facilitated through the programme.
Governor Adeleke explained that the objective of the cash intervention was to provide relief for the poorest and most vulnerable population in the state against the harsh economic conditions occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidy and high cost of living.
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