Cash transfer has reduced poverty rate in Kwara – Gov AbdulRazaq

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said there are enough evidences to prove that cash transfer programmes for the vulnerable people is a workable solution to extreme poverty.

While thanking the President Buhari-led administration for leading the way, the governor said the cash transfer policy of the government has “reduced the poverty rate in the state from 30.2 percent to 20.4 percent and helped young people to grow their businesses.”

AbdulRazaq spoke in Ilorin at the launch of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for socio-economic revitalisation support fund post Covid-19.

According to him, “There are documented evidences of how putting money directly in the hands of the needy has helped to refocus the global efforts to empower people and provide the power to dictate the direction of their future”