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By  Damilola Aina The Federal Government has integrated the National Identification Number of 15.65 million Nigerians into the National Social Register, as efforts to improve the identification of poor and vulnerable households continue amid calls for wider coverage and more reliable cash transfers. The National Social Safety-Nets Coordinating Office disclosed this in a post on its official X handle obtained by our correspondent on Wednesday, stating that more than 13.3 million unique households had been updated across 771 local government areas in 37 states as of October 2026. The development comes as the Federal Government reports disbursing N658.9bn in direct cash transfers to 10.46 million poor and vulnerable households as of September 2026, according to the World Bank’s ...