The Federal Government has sacked two Payment Service Providers for their failure to begin the Conditional Cash Transfer scheme to beneficiaries in four states of the federation assigned to them.

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, SADIYA UMAR-FAROUQ, gave the order for the termination of the contracts, according to a statement issued by her ministry on Tuesday.

The affected states are Bayelsa and Akwa Ibom in the South-South; Abia in the South-East; and Zamfara in the North-West.