Billions for social protection programs

Billions for social protection programs

Billions for social protection programs

Tujoromajo Kasuto Over 500 000 Namibians benefit from the government’s social grants administered by the Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare, with a coverage of 98 percent for old-age pension beneficiaries, 74 percent for disability and 71 percent for children’s grant beneficiaries. This include 341 204 vulnerable children, 192 544 pensioners, and 48 472 people with disabilities. During the Ministry’s budget motivation in the National Assembly yesterday, Minister Doreen Sioka shared that a total of five billion dollars is allocated to this programme for the fiscal year 2022/2023. Other items to be covered are the food bank…
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