SIP: Coalition Faults N’ Assembly Leadership

Save the Poor Coalition, has faulted the position of the leadership of the National Assembly and some members who dubbed the implementation of the Social Investment Programme of President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, non-inclusive.
National coordinator of the coalition, Emeka Enechi and its secretary, Adamu Maikasuwa, in a statement made available to newsmen, said the minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouk had already initiated steps to improve on the National Social Register of Poor and Vulnerable Households.
Enechi said rather than fault the minister’s efforts, members of the National Assembly should support her in meeting the yearnings of Nigerians.
The statement read: “Whereas, we are in league with the plethora of criticisms emanating from various quarters, especially that of distinguished and eminent members of the National Assembly, as per the, and by extension the COVID 19 palliatives, however, after observing the comments and steps taken so far by the honourable minister, we take solace in the truism that she has noted all the salient points raised.
“We disagree with the opinion of distinguished Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume that ‘the distribution of cash transfer register in states was a fabrication and was full of fraud. The ministry lacks the capacity and structure to carry out the assignment.’
“The distribution of cash transfer register is neither a fabrication nor a fraud; albeit as stated earlier, Hajia Farouk did not mince words in talking of challenges in addressing and making comprehensive the National Social Register.