Governor Bala Mohammed
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has alleged that the Federal Government-funded Social Investment Programmes (SIPs) is an avenue to enrich a few Nigerians implementing it even though President Muhammadu Buhari has good intentions with it.
The governor made the allegation on Wednesday at the flagging off of the state government’s Economic Empowerment Programme in the Dambam Local Government Area of the state. According to him, the SIP is only a channel for a few to syphon government money.
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The Muhammadu Buhari administration’s NSIPs include the N-Power scheme, National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP), Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP), and the Household Uplifting Programme (HUP).
Mohammed stated that even though President Buhari’s administration introduced the programme with good intentions, some people involved in its implementation were the ones denying the state the chance to benefit from it.
He added that the state has yet to get the required treatment in the distribution of COVID-19 assistance from the Federal Government.
Bauchi Governor, Bala Mohammed at a recent Empowerment programme
According to the governor, there was an urgent need for the President to investigate the implementation of the programme with a view to ensuring that all Nigerians adequately benefit from the programme.
He submitted that such laudable people-oriented programmes meant for the benefit of all Nigerians ought not to be politicised.
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