Senate moves to return National Social Investment Programme Agency to Presidency

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The Senate, on Tuesday, embarked on amendment of National Social Investment Programme Agency Act (NSIPA), 2023 aimed at moving the agency from Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation to the Presidency. The Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, initiated the bill at the plenary on Tuesday, seeking to amend the National Social Investment

Programme Agency Act, 2023. Specifically, according to Bamidele, the bill seeks to amend Sections 9, 14, 21, 22, 26 and 33 of the NSIPA Act, 2023 by transferring the agency from the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation to the Presidency. The senate leader added that the bill “will now be directly under the direct supervision of the President.

Lawan, currently representing Yobe North, said: “In achieving social inclusion, funds were distributed, and the beneficiaries have no bank accounts. After passing this, it is time we must participate fully to ensure the capturing of the beneficiaries that need the support in such a way the National Assembly is satisfied.” He further explained that the National Assembly “should be to be part of the process, but that was not done. The support was sent to each state of the federation.

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