BY NONYELUM JULIET
Kaduna
The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has screened and confirmed Dr Badamasi Lawal as the National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programme Agency, NSIPA.
The senate approved the report of its committee on Poverty Alleviation and National Social Investment Programme Agency and confirmed the request of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to approve the nomination
The screening and confirmation was made on Thursday last week when the National Assembly resumed.
Recalled that President Bola Tinubu appointed Dr Badamasi as the National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer of NSIPA subject to screening and confirmation of the National Assembly.
NSIPA is an agency of the Federal Government of Nigeria that coordinates the implementation of the social Investments Programme in Nigeria
In September NSIPA released over N24 million to poor and vulnerable households under the Conditional Cash Transfer scheme.
