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Programme
Dutse, Nov. 16, 2016 (NAN) No fewer than 3,5000 pregnant women in Buji LGA of Jigawa are expected to benefit from N30.8 million grant to be disbursed by Child Development Grant Programme (CDGP) an NGO operating in the area.
The council’s Information Officer, Alhaji Ali Safiyanu, made the disclosure on Wednesday in Dutse in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
NAN reports that CDGP is being implemented in three selected local government areas of the state –Buji, Gagarawa and Kirikassamma.
It provides unconditional monthly cash transfers of N3,500 to screened pregnant women through pregnancy and until the child reaches the age of two.
The cash assistance is to assist the beneficiaries feed well, cater for their pregnancy and the child after birth, in order to reduce the rate of maternal mortality in the local government.
Safiyanu said that Alhaji Abdullahi Bala, the Officer in charge of the NGO in the area, made the announcement during a stakeholders meeting on Tuesday in Buji.
He quoted Bala as saying that 80 women were not allowed to participate in the programme for failing to meet the conditions specified by the NGO.
The spokesperson told NAN some of these intended beneficiaries claimed to have delivered by hiring babies from relatives or friends.
Safiyanu added that such women and others who engaged in fraudulent activities were those disqualified from benefiting from the grant.
He said that Alhaji Hashimu Ahmad, the Caretaker Committee Chairman of the council, gave assurance that the council would support and cooperate with the NGO to ensure successful execution of the programme in the area. (NAN)
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Edited by Archibong Asuquo