The Federal Government has announced a special grant of N25,000 each to improve the lives of vulnerable pensioners in the country.

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu who made disclosure as she met with the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress, (NLC), led by its President, Mr Joe Ajaero in Abuja, noted that the grant, will be disbursed under the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Scheme.

According to her, President Bola Tinubu mentioned very clearly that vulnerable pensioners should be immediately captured on the National social Register and benefit from the CCT.

She therefore appealed to the NLC to help fast-track the process of collating Data of would-be vulnerable pensioner’s beneficiaries so that they can start receiving CCT.