Symington, who paid a courtesy visit to the Governor's office in Osogbo described
the social protection programmes of Osun Government as dividend of democracy and good governance.
«What we have today is the result of the interaction which the state have had with the UNICEF on
the social protection programmes of this administration.
He said the scheme was designed having realised the poor state of living of more than average of Nigerian, saying «it is unfortunate that in last few decades Nigeria's economy began to decline due to lack of government sensitivity to
social protection programmes of the people.
«Aregbesola's government has performed excellently in terms of provision of physical infrastructures and social amenities and
the social protection programmes of our government were adjudged best by reputable international organizations.
Not exact matches
Through a
programme being instituted by the Ministry
of Agriculture through COCOBOD, the Ministry
of Gender and
Social Protection through the School Feeding
Programme, and the Ministry
of Education, President Akufo - Addo noted that the target is to ensure the sustained provision
of cocoa beverages and chocolates to school children, from primary school up to secondary level.
Our
social protection programmes like youth engagement and empowerment, women development and empowerment, care for the aged and care and rehabilitation
of the destitute have won laurels and hoisted for others to duplicate.
• In practical and policy terms, what this means is that the APC administration to be sworn in on October 15, 2018, by the grace
of God, must resume good governance that was cut short four years ago, and once again prioritise
social investments in education, healthcare and other
social protection programmes that reduce the cost
of living, while raising the quality
of life.
«With the impact
of two
programmes of the Rauf Aregbesola administration in the state
of Osun in our six years
of, the Osun Youths Empowermemt Scheme (OYES), and the
social protection programme for the elderly (Agba Osun), there is no doubt that the Federal Government has found solutions to many
of the factors at the heart
of Nigeria's socio - economic complications; attenuating poverty,» Okanlawon reiterated.
The LEAP
programme is cash transfer being implemented by the Department
of Social Welfare under the Ministry
of Gender, Children and
Social Protection (MOGCSP), aimed at reducing poverty by increasing consumption and promoting access to services and opportunities among the extreme poor and vulnerable households, elderly persons 65 years and above without any support and severely disabled persons without any productive capacity and recently, the extremely poor pregnant women and children under 2 years old.
The Minister
of Gender, Children and
Social Protection, Otiko Afisah Djaba, has disclosed that, government has allocated GHc114 million to offset all arrears owed caterers under the school feeding
programme.
Caterers in the Upper East Region say they will resist any attempt by the Ministry
of Gender Children and
Social Protection to impose on them rice that cost GHc180 per bag for the school feeding
programme.
The report called on the Ministry
of Gender, Children and
Social Protection to collaborate with the Ghana Education Service to ensure that head teachers act as first - line managers or supervisors
of the
programme to complement the work
of zonal coordinators.
Social protection programmes aimed at wealth redistribution and poverty reduction drew large segments
of our population out
of poverty.
According to him,
social protection policies remained a mix
of policies,
programmes and projects designed for individuals and households throughout lifecycle aimed at ensuring that poverty, hunger among other
social challenges are eliminated in the society.
The UNICEF Nigeria Chief
of Field Offices and Coordination who described
social protection programmes as panacea to poverty reduction, said the initiative remains the only way to reach out to the people most especially the vulnerable who deserved all round intervention
of socio - economic life.
«As such, it is imperative to commend the state government
of Osun for being focused and committed to the welfare
of the people
of the state through his prompt provision
of social protection programmes.
Calls on the Commission, by the end
of 2013, to submit a legislative proposal establishing an effective and comprehensive European whistleblower
protection programme in the public and in the private sector to protect those who detect inefficient management and irregularities and report cases
of national and cross-border corruption relating to EU financial interests and to protect witnesses, informers, and those who cooperate with the courts, and in particular witnesses testifying against mafia - type and other criminal organisations, with a view to resolving the difficult conditions under which they have to live (from risks
of retaliation to the breakdown
of family ties or from being uprooted from their home territory to
social and professional exclusion); calls also on the Member States to put in place appropriate and effective
protection for whistleblowers.
The Minister
of Gender, Children and
Social Protection, Otiko Afisah Djaba earlier said government had allocated GHc114 million to offset all arrears owed caterers under the school feeding
programme.
The NHIS has about 11.3 million members, and is a
social intervention
programme which provides financial risk
protection against out -
of - pocket healthcare expenditure for all residents in Ghana.
But in response to these challenges, the Minister
of Gender, Women and
Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur told Citi News government has made new commitments to the
programme.
In the State
of Tamil Nadu, the State Government has established the Tamil Nadu Aravanigal (Transgender) Welfare Board (TGWB) to address the
social protection needs
of hijra by linking them tosocial welfare
programmes with the aim
of reducing vulnerability to HIV and AIDS (Godwin, 2010).
The elimination
of fossil fuel subsidies was one, as was the expansion
of social protection programmes, a huge expansion
of the global network
of protected marine areas, etc..
This activity report provides an overview
of international experiences that combine
social and environmental objectives within one
programme and extract some lessons learned from existing Payments for Environmental Services (PES) schemes that may be useful when designing, implementing and monitoring
social protection programmes such as the Bolsa Verde
programme.
The report furthermore provides lessons learned from the case studies for sustainable development
of CRFS and offers a large number
of strategies and tools that can be applied by city regions around the world, including the promotion
of (peri) urban agriculture, preservation
of agricultural land areas and watersheds through land use planning and zoning, development
of food distribution and
social protection programmes for vulnerable groups, support for short supply chains and local procurement
of food, and promotion
of food waste prevention, reduction and management, as well as the recovery and redistribution
of safe and nutritious food for human consumption.