Lockdown: Buhari increases number of households on social register by 1 million

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President Muhammadu Buhari has announced the addition of 1 million households to the National Social Register (NSR) up from 2.6 million

President Buhari said this in a second nationwide broadcast on Monday. He said the addition should be done in the next two weeks.

“I have also directed that the current social register be expanded from 2.6 million households to 3.6 million households in the next two weeks,” Mr Buhari said. “This means we will support an additional one million homes with our social investment programs.”

 

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I thought Nigeria's population is still standing at 200 million as at the last census conducted

What social register do they keep talking about, you can simply use BVN, LASSRA and other means to disburse funds to people so that they can buy what they need,after all,when we work we buy what we need not some imposed invisible foodstuff they claim to share

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Who are the first set of 2.6 million ?

What does that even mean when are all these people NigeriaGov Nass MBuhari going to send the money they're suppose to like other countries are doing

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They are yet to explain to Nigerians how they arrive at their register

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