Akwa Ibom state government has commenced the payment of fifty thousand naira, N50,000, cash transfer each to one thousand two hundred and fifty vulnerable families in the state.

The programme is facilitated by the Centre for Clinical Care and Clinical Research (CCCRN) and supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Integrated Child Health and Social Service (ICHSSA) for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC).

 

The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Udom Emmanuel on multilateral and donor agencies, Mr Ndiana-Abasi Udom, flagged off the programme in Uyo.

Udom said the scheme is aimed at ensuring that orphans and vulnerable children are cared for and protected by their households, communities, local and state governments.

He explained that the households were selected across 14 local government areas for the pilot programme, adding that more households would benefit from the transfer programme.

He listed the benefitting local councils to include Uyo, Ikot Ekpene, Okobo, Eket, Mbo, Oron, Oruk Anam, Ibesikpo Asutan, Mkpat Enin, Ukanafun, Obot Akara, Itu, Nsit Ubium and Ini.

“It is expected that this project will improve households, food consumption needs and the general wellbeing of the beneficiaries’ households”,  Udom stressed.

The ceremony was witnessed by attendance by the State Commissioner of Women Affairs, Dr Ini Adiahkpan, CCCRN Chief of Party, Dr Adekoya Peters and various implementing partners of USAID and United Nations.

Popular Nigerian cleric, Prophet TB Joshua, has revealed that the United States of America will have new President after presidential election on Tuesday.

Joshua suggested that President Trump had destroyed his opportunities to return to power with his mouth, adding that Christians would love him to win a second term but that God has another plan.

 

In a Facebook message on Tuesday, Prophet Joshua said, “I will reserve what I’m seeing until the new President is inaugurated.

“What is happening in the American election is as a result of the power in the tongue.

“The word we speak determines the life we enjoy. The tongue can either work for us or against us – death and life lie in the tongue.

 

“We Christians would have loved it [the election] to go the way we wanted. But the Bible says it is never proper to base our faith on our improvement after prayer.”

“There is likely going to be pockets of resistance here and there but nothing will change.

“Let me reserve what I am seeing until the inauguration of the new president.”

Incumbent President Donald Trump and Joe Biden are closely contesting 2020 the presidential race.