NGO Disburses N39m Nutritional Grant To 9,299 Women

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Gov. Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa State

The Action Against Hunger (AAH), an NGO, says it has disbursed N39 million to 9, 299 expectant mothers in Buji Local Government Area of Jigawa in May.

The Information Officer in charge of the Local Government Council, Alhaji Ali Safiyanu, made this known in Buji on Wednesday.

Safiyanu quoted CDGP’s Programme Coordinator in the area, Malam Abdullahi Muhammad, as disclosing this during a steering committee meeting in Buji.

He said the intervention fund was under AAH’s Child Development Grant Programme (CGDP) to improve their nutritional intake.

The spokesman also quoted the coordinator as saying that the women were paid N3,500 each monthly before, but the NGO increased it to N4,000 due to increase in the cost of food items.

Safiyanu said the programme was being carried out in 91 villages in the area.

The programme was supported by the…

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