President Tinubu has ordered the suspension of all the programmes administered by the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA) with immediate effect.
This is further to the ongoing investigation of alleged malfeasance in the management of the agency and its programmes.
In a statement on Friday, Segun Imohiosen, Director of Information in the office to Secretary to the Government of the Federation, said all four (4) Programmes administered by NSIPA, viz; N- Power Programme, Conditional Cash Transfer Programme, Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme and Home Grown School Feeding Programme (the “Programs”) have been suspended for a period of six (6) weeks in the first instance.
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has also raised significant concerns regarding operational lapses and improprieties surrounding payments to the Programs’ beneficiaries.
During the period of this suspension, all NSIPA-related activities, including but not limited to all distributions, events, payments, collaborations and registrations are now frozen.
