The National Economic Council (NEC), chaired by Vice-President Kashim Shettima, has decided to discard the national social register due to credibility issues during Muhammadu Buharis administration. Instead, the council suggested a cash transfer program for states using their social registers and a six-month cash reward system for public servants. This resolution emerged from a lengthy meeting at the state house yesterday between the Vice-President, thirty-six State Governors, a representative of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), and other co-opted government officials. Top on the agenda of the…
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