The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has fired back at the Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed after the governor alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari’s Social Investment Programme was a conduit pipe for siphoning public funds, IgbereTV reports.
IgbereTV reported that the governor lampooned the programme as a mere façade especially in his state.
The governor had made the allegation on Wednesday, January 19 at the flag-off of the Bauchi state government’s Economic Empowerment Programme in Dambam local government area of the state.
He alleged that “over N1trilion federal government’s Social Investment Programme (SIP) has been siphoned by public and political office holders under president Muhammadu Buhari’s nose”.
Meanwhile, in a statement issued on Friday, by the National Coordinator, NSIP, Engr. Umar Bindir, the ministry described the allegation by the governor as “Unsubstantiated” and “manifestly false
