NSIP: Humanitarian Ministry Calls For Cooperation Among Stakeholders To Achieve Mandate
By Urube Peter
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Umar Farouq has directed high level of understanding and cooperation of all stakeholders to achieve its goals on the National Social Investment Programme.
The Minister stated this at a two day stakeholders’ forum on Define Social Protection Floors in Suleja Niger state.
Ably represented by the acting Director on Social Development Department, Mansur Kulliyah, the Minister emphasized the commitment of the Federal government towards protecting the poor and marginalized groups in the society by focusing on their general well being.
In her words: “The Ministry and its agencies will continue to render services to Nigerians in humanitarian situations effectively, and implement policies that will drive Social Development and facilitate economic inclusion for the benefit of the most vulnerable in the country especially through the N-power, Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP), Conditional Cash Transfer as well as the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme and other programmes rolled out by the present administration.
“The Social protection can be viewed broadly as all public and private initiatives that provides income or consumption transfers to the poor, protect the vulnerable against destitution, and enhance the social status and rights of the marginalized with the overall objective of reducing the economic and social vulnerability of the poor and the marginalized groups”.
Furthermore, she enjoined stakeholders to continue in their support of the institutional coordination mechanisms by facilitating inter-sectorial working relationship.
She reassured the participants of Ministry commitment to ensuring that the strategic objectives of all the social intervention programs are achieved.
Earlier, the National Coordinator, National Social Investment Programme (NSIP), Engr. Umar Bindir reiterated that poverty is the major challenges bedevilling our nation today which can be tackled through education and transfer of knowledge. He called on Universities to run programs that will enhanced production and entrepreneurship skills.
The national coordinator said all programmes of the NSIP will be centrally coordinated and monitored with a view to making the overall impacts transparently felt by all.
On his part, the Deputy Director Population and Development Department, Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mr. Obadaru Gbenga, disclosed that, the Ministry of Budget and National Planning is in the process of finalizing the review of the draft National Social Protection Policy.
