Conditional cash transfer programmes (CCT) give money to poor people in return for fulfill specific behavioural conditions. These conditions include for example children's school attendance, up-to-date vaccinations or regular visits to a health care facility by pregnant women.
The cash transfer is aimed at providing short-term financial assistance to families often in extreme poverty without the means to provide for adequate food consumption while the conditions are aimed at promoting longer term human capital investments, especially among the young.
Who are the beneficiaries of conditional cash transfer?
What makes a conditional cash transfer programme successful?
Many factors are associated with the success of a CCT in reaching its goals. These include the
amount of the transfer, the design and enforcement of the conditions, the duration and
sustainability of the programme, the efficiency of targeting and the transparency of its
administration. Administering a social programme that hands out cash tends to be cheaper than
one that delivers goods to its beneficiaries. A more difficult, and sometimes costly, part can be to
identify (target) the needy. Monitoring and enforcing compliance with the conditions adds a
further layer of complexity to a CCT. For both targeting and conditions it helps when they are
simple and easily verifiable to keep costs down.
Of particular importance to achieving health outcomes is the quality and availability of relevant
health services. CCTs are demand-side interventions: the cash on offer is an incentive to use the
relevant health services more. CCTs have no direct control over health service providers, but
their conditionality can only be effective when quality health services are available to use. Where
no health centre exists or is able to provide quality services, a cash transfer will achieve nothing
for health. Thus, supply-side interventions to deal with potential problems such as low service
quality, staff shortage or medical supply bottlenecks, are the first prerequisite for a successful
CCT. Furthermore, the amount of the transfer needs to be enough to provide a fair incentive for
the target group to fulfil the condition. Where health service providers charge user fees, they must
not be allowed to increase them simply because some users receive a cash transfer. Finally, to
achieve the long-term effect expected from improved and continued health and education
attendance, the programme must be sustainably funded.
Key messages
1. Conditional cash transfers are social assistance programmes aiming to reduce poverty. Apart
from the extra income, the conditionality gets beneficiaries to invest into their own human
capacities, by using basic health services or sending their children to school, which helps to
break inter-generational poverty cycles.
2. Conditional cash transfer programmes are not designed to pool risks, such as prepayment for
curative care. They are well suited to improve access to preventive, regular health services
for the poorest in society.
3. Conditional cash transfers stimulate the demand for health services. To achieve a health
outcome, this demand must be met by ensuring that high-quality health facilities are available
at an affordable cost. Thus, this requires also investing in the supply of services.
The Potential of CCT Programs in Nigeria
Although these CCT programs still need improvement with regard to execution and development, the programs show great promise in reducing poverty rates, breaking intergeneration cycles of poverty and increasing the value of human capital in Nigeria.
This is especially hopeful considering the success of the programs in other African countries.
Because these programs target the health and education of youth living in poverty, these strategies help to create a strong foundation for children, thus creating a path for them to escape poverty in the future.
With continued efforts to improve and develop these CCT programs in Nigeria, there is potential to greatly expand and improve Nigeria’s economy over time and reduce poverty in the region.
When did conditional cash transfer start in Nigeria This Year?
The program Beginning in 30th of May 2021, the Nigerian Government implemented the In Care of the People (COPE) CCT program, which at the time was the only nationwide government-sponsored CCT program
To Register for this program, kindly check your state below and dial the ussd code in it follow the instruction given
To get your state code bellow.
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Bauchi *969*113#
Borno *969*10#
EKITI. *969*52#
ABUJA * 969*67 #969*67 n
NASARAWA *969*88#
KATSINA * 969*77 #969*77 n
SOKOTO *969*84#
ADAMAWA * 969*22 #969*22 n
YOBE * 969*12 #969*12 n
OSUN STATE *969*54#
ABUJA *969*67#
KATSINA *969*77#
ADAMAWA *969*22#
YOBE *969*12#
MAIDUGUDI *969*10#
USSD code for RRR
Kumbotso *969*99#
Ungogo *969*100#
Dawakin Tofa *969*101#
Kano Municipal *969*102#.
Tarauni *969*103#
Dala *969*104#
1. Shagari *969*244#
2. Kebbe *969*245#
3. Wamakko *969*246#
4. Tambawal *969*247#
5. Tangaza *969*248#
6. Bodinga *969*249#
7. Sabon-Birni *969*250#
8. Dange Shuni *969*251#
9. Tureta *969*252#
10. Gudu *969*253#
11. Gada *969*254#
12. Sokoto North *969*255#
14. Yabo *969*257#
15. Sokoto South *969*258#
16. Gworonyo *969*259#
17. Kware *969*260#
18. Binji *969*261#
19. Illela *969*262#
20. Isa *969*263#
21. Gwadabawa *969*264#
22. Silame *969*256
23. Rabah *969*265#.
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