President Bola Tinubu has submitted a letter to the Senate and the House of Representatives requesting the approval of the National Social Investment Programme Agency Establishment Amendment Bill 2024.

In the letter, addressed to Senate President Godswill Akpabio and House Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, Tinubu explained that the bill aims to designate the National Social Register as the primary tool for targeting beneficiaries of the government’s social investment programmes.

The President emphasized that if approved, the amendment would ensure welfare initiatives are data-driven and effectively provide social protection to Nigeria’s most vulnerable citizens.

The letter read, “Pursuant to Section 58(2) of the Constitution of The Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), I forward, herewith, for the kind consideration and passage by the Senate, the National Social Investment Programme Agency (Establishment) (Amendment) Bill, 2024, for the amendment of the National Social Investment Programme Agency Act, 2023.

“The purpose of the bill is to make the National Social Register the primary targeting tool for the implementation of social investment programmes of Government. This will ensure our social welfare programmes are data driven and implementation processes are transparent, targeted, dynamic and effective in delivering social protection benefits to vulnerable Nigerians.

“While hoping that the Senate will consider this submission in the usual expeditious manner, please accept, Distinguished Senate President, the assurances of my highest consideration.”