PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has appointed Badamasi Lawal as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA) seven months after the suspension of the former head of the agency, Halima Shehu.

This was disclosed in a statement on Tuesday , August 6, by the president’s spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale.

According to Ngelale. Lawal is a former commissioner for local government and chieftaincy affairs in Katsina State.

He takes over from Shehu, who was placed on administrative leave by the President due to alleged financial mismanagement.

The ICIR reported in January that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested and detained  Shehu over N37.1 billion allegedly laundered in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, under former Minister Sadiya Umar-Farouk.

Following her suspension, Tinubu instructed the national N-Power programme manager, Akindele Egbuwalo, to step in as acting manager while investigations were ongoing into her alleged infractions. 

In Ngelale’s statement on Tuesday, Tinubu also appointed new heads of agencies and programmes in the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development.

They include Funmilola Olotu as the programme manager of the National Social Safety-Net Coordinating Office, Aishat Alubankudi as head of the Grant for Vulnerable Groups Programme, Ayuba Gufwan as the executive secretary of National Commission for People with Disabilities and Lami Binta Adamu Bello is the new director-general (DG) of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).

Other appointments by the President include Aderemi Adebowale,  as the programme manager of the home-grown school feeding programme, and Abdullahi Alhassan Imam as the head of the National Cash Transfer Office (NCTO).

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