President Tinubu establishes special presidential panel on social investment programme

Sequel to President Bola Tinubu’s six-week suspension of the four (4) programmes under the National Social Investment Programmes Agency (NSIPA), the President has approved the establishment of a Special Presidential Panel, which will be led by the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Wale Edun.

The Special Presidential Panel according to a release signed by the President Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngilale is tasked with immediate undertaking of  a comprehensive review and audit of existing financial frameworks and policy guidelines of the social investment programmes with a view to implementing a total re-engineering of the financial architecture of the programmes with detailed modification to procedures guiding the programmes’ implementation.

The Special Presidential Panel, which is comprised of Minister’s representing strategic sectors and will ensure a multi-disciplinary approach to the reform effort, is made up of the following members:  Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance – Chairman, Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare and Minister of Budget and Economic Planning – Member, Minister of Information and National Orientation – Member, Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy – Member and Honourable Minister of State for Youth

He said President Tinubu anticipates that the Special Presidential Panel will validate the confidence reposed in it by winning back all lost public confidence in these vital programmes over the years by ushering in a new era of operation based on open and accountable governance frameworks that will prove impervious to abuse and incompetence for the exclusive benefit of disadvantaged households across the nation.