The Federal Government has approved the sum of N400 billion under the National Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy, NPRGS.
The approval was made known by Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, after a meeting of the National Steering Committee of the NPRGS in Abuja.
Sule revealed that the amont covers certain welfare schemes which include; the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme, Conditional Cash Transfer, Farmer Money, and Market Money.
The Governor noted that there was also another N50 billion to be reserved for various other programmes.