JUST IN: President Tinubu Appoints CEO For Newly Created Social Investment Agency, NSIPA

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Mrs Delu Bulus Yakubu as the pioneer National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programmes Agency(NSIPA).

This was announced in a statement by Anjuri Ngelale, presidential spokesperson, on Thursday.

The appointment, which is pending Senate confirmation, is part of President Tinubu’s determination to actualize his Renewed Hope agenda, said the presidency.

The National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) was created in 2015 to ensure the equitable distribution of resources to vulnerable populations, including children, youth, and women.

To give it a legal and institutional framework, the Muhammadu Buhari administration signed a bill establishing the National Social Investment Programmes Agency (NSIPA) on May 22, 2023.

The president said Yakubu has extensive experience in social investment program management.

The statement reads: “Mrs. Delu Bulus Yakubu is a recipient of a Masters’s degree in agronomy from the State University of Bio-Technology in Kharkiv, Ukraine, with over 15 years’ worth of working experience in Social Investment Programme management.

“President Tinubu expects the new appointee to convey the highest level of efficiency, transparency, and qualitative service delivery at NSIPA, in his determination to actualize the Renewed Hope agenda of his administration,” said the presidential aide.

The programmes under the NSIPA include:

N-Power programme — an initiative aimed at building the skills of youth and promoting entrepreneurship.

Government enterprise and empowerment programme (GEEP) — an intervention to address the challenges of access to credit facilities and to provide soft loans to Nigerians through the trader moni, market moni and farmer moni initiatives.