Receiving the November/December cycle of the social safety, the recipients said no administration has mapped out a deliberate strategy to reach out to the poor and vulnerable directly like the AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq administration’s Kwara State Social Investment Programme.
Owo Arugbo is one of the four components of the KWASSIP, which has been designed to support poor and vulnerable families, petty traders, and young people at various levels.
At least 10,000 indigent 60-year-olds and above have been captured for the first phase of the anti-poverty measure.
The government flagged off the disbursement of the non-refundable once-in-two-months stipends of N6000 in Patigi on Monday with beneficiaries in other local governments slated to receive theirs as scheduled by the KWASSIP team.
The KWASSIP team also disbursed N10,000 Owo Isowo, another people-oriented scheme designed for petty traders.
Some of the beneficiaries, who spoke with newsmen in Patigi local government, commended the state government for taking the bold step in alleviating their suffering and pleaded for its sustainability.