Tinubu seeks amendments to social investment programme bill

By Sodiq Omolaoye, Abuja

19 November 2024 | 2:20 pm

President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, transmitted the National Social Investment Programme Agency (Establishment) (Amendment) Bill, 2024

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President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, transmitted the National Social Investment Programme Agency (Establishment) (Amendment) Bill, 2024 to the House of Representatives for consideration.

Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, who disclosed this on Tuesday, read the President’s letter on the floor of the Green Chamber during plenary.

The president said the bill will amend the National Social Investment Programme Agency Act, 2023.

President Tinubu noted that the purpose of the bill was to make the National Social Register the primary targeting tool for the implementation of social investment programmes of Government.

“This will ensure our social welfare programmes are data-driven and implementation processes are transparent, targeted, dynamic and effective in delivering social protection benefits to vulnerable Nigerians”, the president stated.

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