N-POWER TO BE MONITORED

About 13 million Nigerians are befitting from the Federal Government Social Intervention Programes, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Umar Farouq, has announced.

Speaking at the state level training for the onboarding of independent monitors for the National Social Investment Programmes held in Dutse, the state capital, Sadiya Farouq, said that the monitors would be assigned to their localities under the close watch of security and anti-graft agencies.

The minister was represented by the Director ICT in the ministry, Aminu Tukkur Bello explained that the ministry is working with all security and anti-graft agencies to ensure transparency, added that the scope of these programmes ate large, with about 13 million citizens across 36 states and FCT benefiting from the Federal Government Intervention.

Her words: – “We are also working with security agencies like the DSS, EFCC and ICPC to monitor these programmes. If you are found engaging in any form of malpractice or fraud, you will be handed over to them for investigation and prosecution”.

According to the Minister, the trained Independent Monitors are expected to monitor the programmes at the community level, stressed that they will be assigned to monitor programmes beneficiaries within their locality in schools, households, and market clusters with the focus of ensuring that the primary objectives of these programmes are achieved.

“The social intervention programmes expected to be monitored include N-Power, the Homegrown School Feeding Programme, Conditional Cash Transfer Programmes and government enterprise and empowerment programmes”.Said Sadiya.

Earlier speaking, the focal person of the program, Bala Usman Chamo, disclosed that 167 people benefited from the N5,000 monthly cash transfer in the state amounting to over N1.5billion, added that in the cause of conducting the program some hurdles was discovered and with the appointment of these monitors things will come as easy as possible.

Bala Chamo advised the appointed monitors to consider their appointment as service to humanity and serve as representatives of the federal government, as it has recognized your efforts in the SIP project and the Governor Badaru has much passion and interest for the development of the program.

Said he: – “Your appointment will enhance the implementation of SIP in the state and the program in Nigeria at large, considered your appointment as service to humanity”.

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