President Tinubu Suspends National Social Investment Programme
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has suspended all administered programmes by the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA).
This is further to the ongoing investigation of alleged malfeasance in the management of the agency and its programmes, a statement by <span;>Segun Imohiosen,
<span;>Director Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, said on Friday.
“All four Programmes administered by NSIPA, viz; N- Power Programme, Conditional Cash Transfer Programme, Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme and Home Grown School Feeding Programme have been suspended for a period of six weeks in the first instance.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has also raised significant concerns regarding operational lapses and improprieties surrounding payments to the programme’s beneficiaries.
“He has therefore constituted a ministerial panel to conduct a thorough review of the Agency’s operations with a view to recommending necessary reforms of the NSIPA.
“During the period of this suspension, all NSIPA-related activities, including but not limited to distributions, events, payments, collaborations and registrations are now frozen,” the statement added.
The president assured all stakeholders and Nigerians that his administration remained committed to a swift and unbiased process that would ensure social intervention programmes work the benefit of the most vulnerable Nigerians.
