The Federal Government of Nigeria have started the monthly payment of N5,000 to poorest citizens On Monday, Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Vice president Yemi Osinbajo, released an official statement saying that the federal government stated that the payment was effected through the Conditional Cash Transfer, CCT, of the government’s Social Investment Programmes, SIP. . One million Nigerians would receive N5,000 monthly payments under the CCT as a form of social safety net for the poorest and most vulnerable as budgeted for in the 2016 Budget. Akande added that many of the beneficiaries have already reported receiving their first payments in the first batch that commenced last week. “In the first batch that commenced last week, nine states would be covered.” The statement listed the Nine pilot states as Borno, Kwara, Bauchi, Cross Rivers, Niger, Kogi, Oyo, Ogun and Ekiti states as states in the first batch to commenc...