What You Need To Know About The National Construction and Household Support Programme
The National Construction and Household Support Programme is a new initiative approved by President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria. It aims to boost agricultural productivity, strengthen the economy by creating opportunities in the real sectors of agriculture, manufacturing, and construction, as well as provide urgent economic relief for Nigerians. This program will cover all six geo-political zones in the country.
The program includes several key components:
- The Sokoto-Badagry road project is specially prioritized for its importance as some of the states it will traverse are strategic to the agricultural sustainability of the nation.
- The President has also approved full counterpart financing for the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri Railway; to traverse Rivers, Abia, Enugu, Benue, Nasarawa, Plateau, Bauchi, Gombe, Yobe and Borno, as well as for the Ibadan-Abuja segment of the Lagos-Kano Standard-Gauge Railway; which will traverse Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Kwara, Niger, Abuja, Kaduna, and Kano.
- One-off allocation to states and the Federal Capital Territory of N10 billion for the procurement of buses and CNG uplift programme.
- Delivery of N50,000 uplift grant each to 100,000 families per state for three months.
President Tinubu emphasized the urgency of boosting food production and urged state governors to work together to meet the needs of citizens. He stated that he is willing to provide the needed support to ensure that Nigerians are relieved of hardship.
