New ministry to take over N-SIP, Buhari says – TheNigerialawyer

President Muhammadu Buhari in his Independence Day broadcast on
Tuesday revealed plans to move the National Social Investment
Programme (N-SIP) from the office of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo
to the newly established Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster
Management and Social Development, which is expected to consolidate
on the achievements of the empowerment scheme.

The programme is currently the primary platform by which through
which the Federal Government empowers poor and vulnerable Nigerians
and it is being coordinated by the office of the VP.

“Our ongoing N500 billion Special Intervention Programme
continues to target these vulnerable groups, 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,” the President stated.

“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. To the beneficiaries of these programmes, I want to
reassure you that our commitment to social inclusion will only
increase.”

The development comes two weeks after Mr Buhari directed his Mr
Osinbajo to seek approval for agencies under him.

The development has set tongues wagging, with many insisting
that the relationship between the President and the Vice President
has become sour, a claim the Presidency has denied.