Sequel to President Bola Tinubu’s six-week suspension of the four 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 Honourable Minister of Finance, Wale Edun.
A statement by the President’s spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale, says the Panel is tasked with undertaking 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 moving forward.
The Presidential Panel, according to the SA media comprises of ministers representing strategic sectors to ensure a multi-disciplinary approach to the reform effort, as follows;
(1) Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance – Chairman
(2) Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare – Member
(3) Honourable Minister of Budget and Economic Planning – Member
(4) Honourable Minister of Information and National Orientation – Member
(5) Honourable Minister of Communicatons, Innovation and Digital Economy – Member
(6) Honourable Minister of State for Youth – Member
President Tinubu anticipates that the panel will validate the confidence reposed in it by winning back all lost public confidence in the programmes.
Editor: Ena Agbanoma
