The National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday, has unanimously rejected the National Social Register used by the immediate past administration of Muhammadu Bihari to implement it conditional cash transfer to the poorest of the poor, noting that it lacked transparency and integrity.

THISDAY reported that the resolution was reached arising from the NEC”s monthly meeting at the State House, Abuja, stressing that the criteria for the complication of the register was unclear.

Briefing journalists after the meeting presided by Vice President Kashim Shettima, Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State said contrary to what the previous administration projected, it is not possible to digitally transfer money to the poorest of the poor majority of whom are unbankable.

Soludo who was in the company of his Bauchi and Ogun States colleagues, Bala Mohammed and Dapo Abiodun, respectively,  noted that beneficiaries of the supposedly transferred cash could not be identified in the villages.

According to Soludo, “We need to face the problem of the fact that we don’t have a credible register.”

He added:, “NEC resolved that the states should come up with their own registers using formal and informal means to develop it”, assuring that all beneficiaries at the subnational level could easily been accessed that way.

Soludo also explained that NEC deliberated on ways to cushion the impact of the recent petroleum subsidy removal details of which would be made know to the public.