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TODAY February 4, 2021 The Federal Government has begun the training of 5,000 independent monitors for the National Social Investment Programmes (NSIP) to supervise the activities in the programmes and beneficiaries across the country. Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, at the inaugural ceremony on Thursday in Abuja said the NSIP was created by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2016. The NSIP include N-POWER, National Home-Grown Sch...

Vanguard News FG engages EFCC, ICPC, others to stem corruption in NSIP programme On By Joseph Erunke – Abuja The federal government said, Thursday, that it had engaged the services of its security and anti-corruption agencies to stem corruption in the National Social Investment Programme, NSIP. To this end, it has warned those entrusted with items for the beneficiaries of the scheme to be wary of their conduct so as not to fall prey to the wrong arm of the law. The social intervention progra...

The event was flagged off by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has often claimed that its Social Investment Program (SIP), part of which was designed to pay N5000 monthly into the accounts of supposed vulnerable Nigerians, is a fulfillment of the government’s promise of taking citizens out of poverty. According to Osinbajo, the major objective of the RRR was to use a technology-based method to identify urban poor Nigerians who will receive the stipend ev...

Views: Visits 39 The senator representing Borno south, Ali Ndume says there is nothing to show for the success of the federal government’s social investment programme (SIP). The SIP was introduced by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2016 as part of the government’s efforts to cater for the unemployed, the poor and the vulnerable in society. The programmes include the N-Power for unemployed graduates; the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme for public primary school pupils; Co...

The leadership of the NSCIA was led by its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar. The president, however, stated that his administration would continue to create the enabling environment for religious freedom as guaranteed by the Nigerian Constitution. “The Federal Government will continue to promote religious freedom as it is a constitutional responsibility. ”I must thank the Muslim ummah for promoting inter-religious dialogue in the country. ”It is self-eviden...

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday urged Nigerians to support the federal government in its effort to curtail the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, especially as it relates to vaccine education. The President made the appeal while receiving the leadership of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), led by its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar. Nigeria is currently battling a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic as...

3 min read President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja warned that stoking ethnic and religious prejudices will not augur well for the development of the country, adding that his administration will continue to create the enabling environment for religious freedom as guaranteed by the Nigerian Constitution. Speaking when the leadership of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) led by its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, paid h...

COVID-19 infections in Nigeria have continued to surge as the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) recorded 1,964 new cases, bringing the total

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of Gambo Jimeta. The former Inspector General of Police passed away Thursday evening. In a

Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle was furious on Thursday while addressing allegations that he donated vehicles to bandits. He spoke at an