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Unfreeze NSIPA accounts within 72 hours – Reps tell FG

Leah TwakiDecember 4, 20244 min

Federal government has been given an ultimatum by the House of Reps to unfreeze National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA) account The House of Representatives on Tuesday called on the federal government to unfreeze all accounts of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA) within 72 hours to facilitate the smooth resumption of its critical poverty alleviation programmes. This resolution, adopted on Tuesday, followed a motion sponsored by Deputy Speaker Rep. Benjamin Kalu (APC Abia)...

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Tinubu names review panel on social investment programmes

Beloved JohnJanuary 14, 20243 min

President Tinubu has created a six-person panel to reposition Nigeria’s social investment programmes and improve citizen’s confidence in investment programmes. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has set up a special presidential panel to review social investment programmes in the country. The minister of finance, Wale Edun, has been named to lead the panel in undertaking its task, according to a statement issued by the presidential media adviser, Ajuri Ngelale, on Saturday, January 13, 2024. This follows...

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NSIPA: TIinubu suspends all Social investment programmes

Sharon EboesomiJanuary 13, 20243 min

President Tinubu has ordered all 4 programmes administered by the NSIPA to be halted immediately and investigated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has suspended all administered programmes by the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA) for six (6) weeks. This is as he also expressed concern over the irregularities and operational flaws related to beneficiary payments for the programmes. The suspension covers the NPower programmes, the Conditional Cash Transfer Programme, the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme...