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FG begins disbursement of N20,000 to Abuja women
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By Joseph Erunke, Abuja
The federal government has begun the disbursement of N20,000 to rural women in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Abuja.
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, flagged off the disbursement under the Grant for Rural Women Project, Thursday, in Abuja.
Rural women in the six area councils of the FCT, are to benefit from the disbursement under the government’s National Social Investment Programme. Speaking at the event, Farouq explained that the grant was aimed at increasing the income and productive assets of target beneficiaries.