₦50,000 FG Grant: No Application Required as Government Reveals Selection Process, Payment Methods
The Federal Government has disclosed that Nigerians interested in benefiting from its ₦50,000 emergency relief grant do not need to submit applications, as beneficiaries will be selected from the National Social Register and verified national identity records.
The intervention, known as the National Emergency Relief and Stabilisation Intervention (NERSI), is designed to provide financial assistance to poor and vulnerable households affected by the rising cost of living.
The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, which is implementing the programme, explained that selected beneficiaries would receive the money through mobile wallets operated by approved payment providers.
The designated providers include ALAT, MoMo, NairaGram, OPay and Moniepoint.
Under the arrangement, beneficiaries will first receive SMS notifications from their respective payment providers informing them of their selection.
They will then be required to reply YES to confirm their participation before a mobile wallet is created and linked to their phone numbers and National Identification Numbers (NIN).
Once the process is completed, the government will credit each selected beneficiary with ₦50,000.
The money can be withdrawn through Point of Sale (POS) agents, banks or spent directly from the mobile wallet.
How to withdraw the ₦50,000
The government has also released the USSD codes beneficiaries can use to access their funds.
They include:
ALAT (Wema Bank): 94523#
MoMo PSB: *6710#
NairaGram: *72600#
OPay: 95520#
Moniepoint: 557327#
Beneficiaries can also use the respective mobile applications where available.
Who qualifies for the grant?
According to the government, the selection process will rely on existing records in the National Social Register and verified national identity databases to identify households considered poor and vulnerable.
The government emphasised that nobody can independently apply to be included in the programme or pay anyone to secure a position on the beneficiary list.
It also explained that the exercise would be conducted in batches, meaning some eligible Nigerians might not be included in the first batch.
Regarding how beneficiaries’ phone numbers were obtained, the government said the information was sourced from the National Social Register and verified identity records and would be shared with relevant payment providers strictly for disbursement purposes.
FG issues warning to beneficiaries
The government has cautioned Nigerians against falling victim to fraudsters pretending to facilitate access to the ₦50,000 grant.
It stated that the programme is free and that no beneficiary is required to pay money before receiving the grant.
It further warned that genuine programme messages would never request beneficiaries’ PINs, OTPs, passwords or bank details.
Beneficiaries were advised to ignore suspicious messages, avoid clicking on unfamiliar links and never disclose their confidential banking information to anyone.
The government urged Nigerians who receive suspicious notifications to contact the programme’s helpline for clarification.
