Tinubu Constitutes Special Presidential Panel On Social Investment Programmes 

… Appoints Six Member Committee 

By Mercy Arogunjo 

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has constituted a special presidential panel on the social investment programme comprising of the appointments of a six member committee. 

The President made the above public through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, in person of Chief Ajuri Ngelale on Saturday, with a directive that the new Committee will be Chaired by the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Honourable Minister of Finance, Mr. Wale Edun.

This Special Presidential Panel is tasked with immediately undertaking a comprehensive review and audit of existing financial frameworks and policy guidelines of the social investment programmes with a view to implementing a total re-engineering of the financial architecture of the programmes with detailed modification to procedures guiding the programmes’ implementation moving forward.

The Special Presidential Panel, which is comprised of ministers representing strategic sectors and will ensure a multi-disciplinary approach to the reform effort includes the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance who is to serve as Chairman, Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Honourable Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Honourable Minister of Information and National Orientation, Honourable Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy and Honourable Minister of State for Youth as members. 

President Tinubu anticipates that this Special Presidential Panel will validate the confidence reposed in it by winning back all lost public confidence in these vital programmes over the years by ushering in a new era of operation based on open and accountable governance frameworks that will prove impervious to abuse and incompetence for the exclusive benefit of disadvantaged households across our nation.