Npower Update: What You Need to Know as Ministry Begins Transition Process Ahead of the New Administration

As the Buhari-led administration is about to wind up, the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has begun a transition process to aid a smooth take-off by the next administration. The new administration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu will take over on the 29th of May 2023. 

Following the formation of the Presidential Transition Council headed by the SGF, the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs has inaugurated a Handing Over Notes, Collation and Transition Committee to harmonise the activities of the ministry. 

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony in Abuja, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Umar Farouq disclosed that the committee is expected to use approved templates to ensure a smooth takeover by the incoming administration.

Meanwhile, Investors King gathered that several current beneficiaries of the Npower scheme are concerned about what may happen to the scheme when the new administration takes over. 

A beneficiary name Kolapo Idowu took to his Twitter page to ask if the Npower scheme will continue with the new administration. 

“What is the fate of the current Npower members after this administration hands over? I hope it will not be scrapped,” Kolapo tweeted. 

Although there are worries in some quarters, Investors King, however, understands that the scheme will likely be sustained by the incoming administration. 

It would be recalled that a bill to domesticate Npower and other social intervention programmes of the federal government is already at the National Assembly. 

The bill which has been passed for the second reading seeks to provide a legal framework for the establishment of the National Social Investment Programme, NSIP.

Apart from Npower, other programmes for consideration on the bill include the Conditional Cash Transfer, Home-Grown School Feeding Market Moni and Trader-Moni. 

The objectives of the bill include the establishment of a Trust Fund with an effective governing board and a management team to administer and coordinate the implementation of social investment programmes among others.