The Ogun State Social register have captured 1,756 persons with disabilities in the state in addition to the 109,000 households that have been registered which translates to a database of 362,000 poor and vulnerable individuals across the state, the Coordinator of Ogun State Coordinating Units (Ogun SOCU), ‘Tunde Adebiyi disclosed this in an interview in Abeokuta.
He explained that Ogun SOCU, an arm of the National Social Safety Nets programme, began the compilation of vulnerable individuals in April, 2020 with six local government areas.
He said the compilation of the data had been extended to all the 20 councils in the state, capturing 362,000 individuals.
Adebiyi explained that the register would be use for interventions from governments, donor agencies and non-governmental bodies.