A briefing on data collection for the Family Card programme was held in Porsha Upazila of Naogaon district on Monday, with a commitment to building self-reliant families under the theme, “Strong Families Are the Basic Unit of Development.”
The briefing was organised by the upazila administration at the Upazila Parishad conference room as part of a nationwide programme. The initiative is being implemented by the Department of Social Services under the Ministry of Social Welfare.
Those present included Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Rakibul Islam, Assistant Commissioner (Land) Nabila Ferdous, Upazila Social Services Officer Shahidul Islam, acting president of the upazila BNP, Motahar Hossain Shah Sufi, general secretary Sadekul Islam, other officials, journalists, political leaders and representatives of civil society.
UNO Rakibul Islam said the Family Card programme aims to make marginalised and disadvantaged families economically self-reliant.
He called on everyone involved to work responsibly to ensure that the benefits of the government’s social safety-net programmes reach the genuinely eligible families through accurate and reliable data collection.
