President Tinubu Suspends National Social Investment Programmes
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Friday, January 12, 2024 suspended all administered programmes by the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA).
A statement by the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation signed by the Director of Information, Segun Imohiosen, stated that the suspension of the programme was further to the ongoing investigation of alleged malfeasance in the management of the agency and its programmes.
The statement said that 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 (the “Programs”) have been suspended for a period of six (6) weeks in the first instance.
Imohiosen also said that President Tinubu has also raised significant concerns regarding operational lapses and improprieties surrounding payments to the Programs’ beneficiaries.
The President 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.
The Statement further explained that during the period of this suspension, all NSIPA-related activities, including but not limited to all distributions, events, payments, collaborations and registrations are frozen.
The President assured stakeholders and Nigerians that his administration remains committed to a swift and unbiased process that will ensure that, going forward, social intervention programmes will work exactly as intended, to the benefit of the most vulnerable Nigerians.
