Economy

56 Independent Monitors Engaged For FG’s Social Intervention Programmes in Ogun

By Web News 719

A total of 56 trained independent monitors have received letters of engagement and tablets to monitor the Federal Government Social Investment Programme in Ogun State for the next one year.

Presenting the items in Abeokuta, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq explained that the Independent Monitors were selected to ensure that the objectives of the various intervention programmes of the Federal government were achieved.

Hajiya Farouq who was represented by the Assistant Director, Planning, Research and Statistics, Hajiya Jumai Abdu Ali, urged the independent monitors to discharge their responsibilities with utmost sense of patriotism, diligence and sincerity.

In a message to the occasion, Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State said the social welfare programmes had impacted positively on the lives of the vulnerable in the state and urged the independent monitors to remain committed and ensure accurate data collation.

Earlier, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mr. Kehinde Onasanya, had reaffirmed the commitment of the present administration to continue to partner the Federal Government in the Social Intervention Programmes towards the successful implementation of the “Building our Future Together” agenda.

Olusegun Folarin

Economy

FG Distributes Cash Grant, Relief Materials In Oyo State

By Web News 921

Rural women in Oyo state as well as victims of Shasha market crises have been given cash grant and relief materials to boost their business and social life.

The event which was flagged-off at the Western Building, State Secretariat, in Ibadan witnessed a large turnout of physically challenged, persons with special needs, people living with disabilities and the poorest of the poor rural women.

Addressing the beneficiaries, the Minister for Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Rural Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq said 5,280 people are targeted in Oyo State while 150,000 people would benefit from the scheme.

The minister who said 992,715,000 million naira had been disbursed to Oyo State in the Social Investment and Social Inclusion Programme of President Muhammadu Buhari said the cash grant was initiated last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Earlier in her address of welcome, Oyo State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Inclusion, Alhaja Faosat Sanni said the Oyo state government had been supportive of various Social Investment Programs designed to alleviate poverty and suffering of the poor of the poorest in the state.

Alhaja Sanni who commended the minister for making Oyo State a true pacesetting state through the launch of the programme, said the state being the political headquarters of the old Western region had played host to a number of first institutions in the country.

Alhaja Faosat noted that efforts of President Buhari to prevent the poor of the poorest from become more vulnerable were being noted and appreciated.

Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, who was represented at the event by his Chief of Staff, Chief Bisi Ilaka, said it is the responsibility of the government to provide for the welfare and ensure the security of the people, stressing that the ability of government to fulfill the responsibility largely depends on the resources at the disposal of the state.

Governor Makinde said his administration had taken proactive steps to provide succour to women and other vulnerable groups in the state by enacting Violence against Persons Law, empowering women through capacity building, discouraging violence against women in public and private life through the reduction of female genital mutilation and encouraging increased involvement of women in politics.

Rotimi Famakin