Poverty Alleviation: 15m Nigerians To Benefit From Cash Transfers

The federal government has unveiled plans to reach out to 15 million poor and vulnerable households across the country. The minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, also unveiled plans to establish the Presidential Humanitarian and Poverty Alleviation Trust Fund as part of measures aimed at lifting over 133 million Nigerians out of poverty and other humanitarian crises.