From Yakubu Busari, Jos
Dr. Sumaye Hamza
About 372 Saving Group Mobilization ,SGM, facilitators in eleven Local Government Areas of Plateau are undergoing training on how to educate and enlighten beneficiaries of Conditional Cash Transfer ,CCT, method of coming together under an association .
The Executive Assistant to Gov. Simon Lalong on Special Intervention Programmes (SIP) Dr. Sumaye Hamza has charged all the facilitators of Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programmes to use their knowledge acquire toward reducing poverty by making the welfare programs of conditional cash transfer viable to the receivers’ benefits.
“The government (or a charity) only transfers the money to persons who meet certain criteria to among their coming on board to add value to the country not to themselves alone but to those that are identify as poor and vulnerable ,she explained .
According to her, the facilitators are to served as main stream between the government and the beneficiaries on how to sustain the programme.
She said,” We challenge you to foster peaceful coexistence as teach people on safe help through holistic intervention on economic status and bridge gaps between the poor and vulnerable “.
The National Training officer ,Mr Kola Solomon emphasized that the program is step down saving group mobilization for facilitators in Plateau state .
While he called on facilitators to imbibe the culture of saving their cash for sustainable livelihood for them fall back , he maintained that the training is very critical components to the beneficiaries in fighting and pushing away poverty.
“We ensure that programs outlined help beneficiaries to enrolling children into public schools, getting regular check-ups at the doctor’s office, receiving vaccinations, or the like. CCTs seek to help the current generation in poverty, as well as breaking the cycle of poverty for the next through the development of human capital,” he said.
