Sadiya Umar Farouq, minister of
humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, has taken
charge of the social investment programmes (SIP).
Ahead of this, Farouq met with
Maryam Uwais, special adviser to the president on social investment, on Monday.
Until recently, the SIP was being
coordinated by the office of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo.
But in his Independence Day
broadcast, Buhari had announced that the newly created ministry would be in
charge 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 had 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 minister, who was out of the
country for a UN campaign against poverty, tweeted pictures of the meeting with
Uwais.
“It is a busy week.
#MovingForward, I met with the SSA to @MBuhari on @NSIP_NG. She briefed me on the activities,
programmes, achievements and challenges of the establishment. NSIP manages
Social Investment Programmes in Nigeria & is presently under the purview of
the @FMHDSD,” she tweeted.
It is a busy week. #MovingForward, I met with the SSA to @MBuhari on @NSIP_NG . She briefed me on the activities, programmes, achievements and challenges of the establishment. NSIP manages Social Investment Programmes in Nigeria & is presently under the purview of the @FMHDSD pic.twitter.com/zhpIU3ePQh— Sadiya Umar Farouq (@Sadiya_farouq) October 14, 2019
Last week, there were rumours that the president would take
the minister as second wife. Pictures and videos were all over social media but
checks by NigerianEye showed that they were false.
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