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• Mandates members to restore public confidence
From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja
Sequel to President Bola Tinubu’s six-week suspension of the four (4) programmes under the National Social Investment Programmes Agency (NSIPA), he has approved the establishment of a Special Presidential Panel, led by the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Wale Edun.
In a statement issued by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, the panel is to immediately undertake 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 going forward.
The panel comprising of ministers representing strategic sectors, will ensure a multi-disciplinary approach to the reform effort.
Other members are Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Ali Pate; Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu; Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris; Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani and Minister of State for Youth, John Enoh.
President Tinubu stated that he expected the panel to justify the trust placed on it by restoring the public’s lost faith in the crucial programmes over time and bringing in a new era of governance based on transparent and accountable frameworks that would be immune to misuse and incompetence and exclusively benefit the country’s poorest households.
