Mrs. Maryam Uwais, Special
Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social Investment, has said the
National Social Investment Office has an exit plan for N-Power beneficiaries.
Uwais told the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN), on Monday in Abuja that the plans were worked out ”long before
the progamme was moved to the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster and
Social Development,” NAN reports.
“We have had meetings with the
Central Bank of Nigeria on different loan options for the N-Power beneficiaries
after exiting the scheme.
“We have discussed with the
Minister of Finance on some funding via the Government Enterprise and
Empowerment Programme.
“We have also met with state
governors to employ beneficiaries from their own states. The goal is to give
N-Power beneficiaries a smooth exit on graduation,” she said.
She said that she had briefed the
humanitarian affairs minister and also stressed the need to meet with the
Minister of Finance to actualise the plans.
The presidential aide dismissed
reports claiming that the Social Investment Programmes would be restructured.
“The National Social Investment
Office is not aware of any plan to restructure or frustrate the programmes.
“Our operations have been very
transparent. For every payment to the beneficiaries of all the social
investment programmes, the ministry is fully involved in all the processes,”
she said.
According to her, the programmes
were under the Ministry of Budget and National Planning before they were moved
to the new ministry.
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