The Kwara State Government has praised the foresight of President Muhammadu Buhari in establishing the National Social Investment Programmes (N-SIP), noting that the scheme has bailed thousands of youths and women out of poverty in the state.
The Special Adviser on Strategy to the state governor, Alhaji Saadu Salahu gave the commendation in Ilorin, the state capital while receiving a delegation from the N-SIP’s headquarters in Abuja.
The delegation was in Kwara to monitor the implementation of the N-SIP programmes and get feedback from the beneficiaries.
The N-SIP focal person in Kwara State, Dr Rabiat Shehu-Jimoh led the team to the Governor’s office in Ilorin.
Salahu who was flanked by a close ally of the governor, Dr Mohammed Ghali Alaaya, said Nigerians would forever remain grateful to President Buhari for floating the N- SIP because of the programme’s impact on the lives of the beneficiaries.
The Special Adviser noted with delight that the administration of Governor AbdulRazaq has not only keyed into the scheme but remains the first state in the country to back the social investment programmes with legislation.
Salahu thanked President Buhari for conceiving N-SIP stressing that the scheme has reduced poverty and youth unemployment while its impact on the youths and women is unquantifiable.
He expressed optimism that the President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who he described as a lover of the masses will ensure continuity of the programme when he assumes office
Earlier, the leader of the N-SIP team from Abuja, Mrs Bilikisu Dauda-Damisa who also is the Special Assistant, Monitoring and Evaluation to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, said that they were in Kwara State to monitor and evaluate the implementation and impact of N-SIP programmes in core areas of N-power, school feeding and conditional cash transfer schemes
