Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke yesterday disbursed N500 million to 19,720 residents, to ease the current hardship.
Adeleke, who named the initiative: ‘Imole Osun Cash Transfer’, said the gesture was in partnership with the Federal Government through the State Operation Coordinating Unit (SOCU) of the National Social Safety Net Project.
He said: “Each beneficiary received between N25,000.00 and N30,000.00”.
The governor, represented by the Head of Service, Mr Ayanleye Aina, while distributing the debit card at the Local Government Service Commission Hall, Abere, said many programmes of his administration were aimed at attending to the needs of the poor, the weak and the under-privileged.
He said: “Each beneficiary was supported with a sum of between N25,000.00 and N30,000.00. Among the 19,720 beneficiaries, 10,390 of them with existing bank accounts have had access to withdraw and utilise their money.
“I have given approval that the remaining 9,330 beneficiaries be given their debit cards. These people are poor people without account numbers. With this distribution, it becomes an achievement that is in tandem with the financial inclusion policy of the Federal Government”.
