President Muhammadu Buhari has formally announced the removal of the National Social Investment Programme (N-SIP) from the Office of his deputy, Prof Yemi Osinbajo.
Buhari made the announcement in his 2019 Independence Day broadcast which was aired on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) by 7am on Tuesday and monitored by Igbere TV.
“Our ongoing N500bn Special Intervention Programme continues to target vulnerable groups, through the home-grown School Feeding Programme, Government Economic Empowerment Programme, N-Power, Job Creation Programme, loans for traders and artisans, Conditional Cash Transfers to the poorest families and social housing scheme”, he said.
“To institutionalise these impactful programmes, we created the Ministry for Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development which shall consolidate and build on our achievements to date. To the beneficiaries of these programmes, I want to reassure you that our commitment to social inclusion will only increase”, added Buhari.
The latest development is coming amidst rumoured rift between the President and his vice, even as rumours are rife that there are plan by the ‘aso rock cabals’ to drastically reduce the influence of Osinbajo ahead 2023 elections.
