Also invited were the current and former permanent secretaries including desk officers at the National Social Investment Office (NSIO) involved...
, her successor, Zainab Ahmed, and the Humanitarian Minister, Sadiya Umar Farouq, over the spending of N1.7 trillion on the implementation of the National Social Investment Programmes between 2016 – 2019.
In his presentation, the Minister of State for Finance, Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba, who appeared before an investigative hearing into the audit queries on the financial activities of the NSIPs, said before the scheme was moved to the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, payment for the programmes were signed from the National Social Investment Office.
He also explained that “N32.088bn was released for Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme, ; N20.59bn for Conditional Cash Transfer, ; N149.965bn for Home-Grown School Feeding Programme, N355.846bn for Job Creation Unit, while N2.428bn was released for Social Investment Programme .
“You’ve given us records of N-Power. Nobody is arguing with you over N-Power. We can see the names of beneficiaries of N-Power; nobody is making noise about it.
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