President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered for the immediate suspension of all social investment programmes under the supervision of the National Social Investment Programmes Agency (NSIPA) for an initial period of 6 weeks. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Friday by Segun Imohiosen, Director of Information of the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF).
The statement reads, “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu 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.
“All 4 programmes administered by NSIPA; viz, the 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 6 weeks in the first instance.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has also raised significant concerns regarding operational lapses and improprieties surrounding payment to the Programs’ 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 the suspension, all NSIPA-related activities, including but not limited to all distributions, events, payments, collaborations and registrations are now frozen.
“The President wishes to assure the stakeholders and all 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.”
This development follows the suspension and investigation of Halima Shehu, the Chief-Executive Officer (CEO) of NSIPA by President Tinubu following her alleged embezzlement of N44 billion.
