Nigeria: 67.2m Nigerians Covered By Cash Transfers Amid Transparency Questions - World Bank

According to the World Bank, Nigeria's cash-based social intervention programmes successfully reached 67.19 million individuals across 10.44 million households by August 2026. The widespread deployment of these financial support initiatives highlights a significant scale of government social safety net interventions in the country.

Despite the substantial coverage reported by the international financial institution, the implementation of the social intervention programmes continues to face ongoing scrutiny. Questions regarding the identification processes and the traceability of the beneficiaries persist in relation to the federal government's execution of the transfers.