…. Names Wale Edun as Leader.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has set up a special panel on Social Investment Programmes with Coordinating Minister of the Economy who doubles as Minister of State,Wale Edun as Leader .
Presidential Spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale who made this known in a statement said on Saturday said the move followed Tinubu’s suspension, for six weeks, of the four programmes under the National Social Investment Programmes Agency (NSIPA) .
The statement said,
“This Special Presidential Panel is tasked with immediately 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 moving forward,”
According to Ajuri,the panel also comprises “ministers representing strategic sectors and will ensure a multi-disciplinary approach to the reform effort,”
The list of the members of the panel are as follows;
(1) Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance – Chairman
(2) Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare – Member
(3) Honourable Minister of Budget and Economic Planning – Member
(4) Honourable Minister of Information and National Orientation – Member
(5) Honourable Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy – Member
(6) Honourable Minister of State for Youth – Member
“President Tinubu anticipates that this Special Presidential Panel will validate the confidence reposed in it by winning back all lost public confidence in these vital programmes over the years by ushering in a new era of operation based on open and accountable governance frameworks that will prove impervious to abuse and incompetence for the exclusive benefit of disadvantaged households across our nation,” the statement added.
