President Tinubu has approved the establishment of a Special Presidential Panel on Social Investment Programmes , which will be led by the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Mr. Wale Edun.
This is coming in the wake of the six-week suspension of the four (4) programmes under the National Social Investment Programmes Agency (NSIPA),
The Special Presidential Panel is tasked with undertaking a comprehensive review and audit of existing financial frameworks and policy guidelines of the social investment programmes with a view to implementing a total re-engineering of the financial architecture of the programmes with detailed modification to procedures guiding the programmes’ implementation.
The Special Presidential Panel, which is comprised of ministers representing strategic sectors and will ensure a multi-disciplinary approach to the reform effort, is made up of the following members:
(1) Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance – Chairman
(2) Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare – Member
(3)Minister of Budget and Economic Planning – Member
(4) Minister of Information and National Orientation – Member
(5) Minister of Communicatons, Innovation and Digital Economy – Member
(6) Honourable Minister of State for Youth – Member