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Africa Housing News > Blog > News > Nigeria: 26.8m Extremely Poor Nigerians So Far Captured in National Social Register, Says Govt
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Nigeria: 26.8m Extremely Poor Nigerians So Far Captured in National Social Register, Says Govt

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Last updated: 2021/02/18 at 7:31 AM
Fesadeb Published February 18, 2021
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A total of 26.8 million extremely poor Nigerians have so far been captured in the national social register of the National Social Investment Programme,the federal government has said.

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development,Sadiya Umar Farouq, who said this Tuesday,in Abuja, explained that the number was out of the estimated 82.9 million extremely poor people in the country.

According to the minister,the captured number was equivalent to about 6.3 million households.

Farouq explained that the 26.8 million had coverage across the 36 States of the Federation and the FCT in 601 LGAs out of the 774 LGAs in Nigeria.

She added that government had covered 7,320 wards, and 72,363 communities, adding that it automatically provides the biggest database for any social inclusion or social protection intervention.

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Fesadeb February 18, 2021 February 18, 2021
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