Nigeria launches cash transfers with biometric ID verification for 15m households

Some Nigerians who are expected to benefit from a government cash assistance scheme aimed at cushioning the efforts of fuel subsidy removal in the country, have already had their identity verified by the competent authorities overseeing the program. The new program, announced on World Poverty Eradication Day, is based on the biometric Bank Verification Number (BVN).

The secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, officially launched the first phase of the program dubbed “conditional cash transfer …

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