The Federal Government has announced a special grant of 25,000 naira each under its Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Scheme to vulnerable pensioners in the country.

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, announced this when she met with the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) led by its President, Joe Ajaero in Abuja.

Edu informed the leadership of the labour union that the desire to expand the national social register to include vulnerable pensioners in the CCT scheme was encapsulated in the renewed hope agenda.

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