The National Social Investment Office yesterday explained that the
National Social Investment Programme was being upgraded to a full
ministry status with the take-off of the Ministry of Humanitarian
Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development in order to ensure
the continuity and sustainability of the programme. NSIO Communications
Manager, Justice Tienabeso Bibiye, in a statement, said the move came
after the first term “successful implementation” of the scheme directly
from the Presidency, indicating the need to now institutionalize the
SIP.
Since 2015, the Office of the Vice President had been in control of the SIP. Y Bibiye said the SIP had benefited 42 million Nigerians “directly and indirectly” since the commencement of its implementation in 2016.
Since 2015, the Office of the Vice President had been in control of the SIP. Y Bibiye said the SIP had benefited 42 million Nigerians “directly and indirectly” since the commencement of its implementation in 2016.
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