President Muhammadu Buhari has
hinted that the National Social Investment Programme (N-SIP) might be moved
from the office of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo.
The programme, which is seen as
one of the major avenues through which the current administration is empowering
the masses, is currently being coordinated by the office of the VP.
In his Independence Day
broadcast, Buhari said the newly created ministry of humanitarian affairs,
disaster management and social development will consolidate on the achievement
of the scheme.
“Our ongoing N500 billion Special
Intervention Programme continues to target these vulnerable groups, through the
Home-grown School Feeding Programme, Government Economic Empowerment Programme,
N-Power Job Creation Programme, loans for traders and artisans, Conditional
Cash Transfers to the poorest families and social housing scheme,” he said.
“To institutionalize these
impactful programmes, we created the Ministry for Humanitarian Affairs,
Disaster Management and Social Development which shall consolidate and build on
our achievements to date. To the beneficiaries of these programmes, I want to
reassure you that our commitment to social inclusion will only increase.”
The development comes two weeks
after the president directed his deputy to seek approval for agencies under
him.
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