N206 billion is said to have allegedly been inserted in the ministry’s 2023 budget.
“It is consistent with President Buhari’s deliberate National agenda of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years.”
Ms Farouq said the ministry will not accept intimidation of beneficiaries by an independent monitor.
The National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) Kogi says the federal government has injected over N17 billion into the state’s economy.
Federal government says it has begun disbursing N70 million to 3,500 rural women and urban poor in Bauchi.
The decision was reached at Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council meeting.
