President Muhammadu Buhari has confirmed the removal of Social Intervention Programmes, SIPs, from the office of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
The SIPs initiated by the Buhari-led federal government is now in the care of the ministry of humanitarian affairs, disaster management, and social development.
President Buhari, during his Independence Day broadcast Tuesday, explained that the move was necessary so as to institutionalise the programmes in order to consolidate and build on his administration’s achievements.
… 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.— Muhammadu Buhari (@MBuhari) 1 October 2019
To institutionalize 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.
— Muhammadu Buhari (@MBuhari) 1 October 2019
