Muhammadu Buhari Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Social welfare === In 2016, Buhari launched the [[National Social Investment Program]], a national [[social welfare]] program.<ref>{{Cite web|date=22 November 2016|title=Is the N-Power programme key to delivering a campaign promise?|url=http://venturesafrica.com/n-power-key-to-delivering-campaign-promise/|access-date=15 July 2020|website=Ventures Africa|language=en-US|archive-date=1 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701192731/http://venturesafrica.com/n-power-key-to-delivering-campaign-promise/|url-status=live}}</ref> The Program was created to ensure a more equitable distribution of resources to vulnerable populations, including children, youth, and women. There are four programs which address poverty, unemployment and help increase economic development:<ref>{{Cite web|title=National Social Investments Programme|url=https://n-sip.gov.ng/|access-date=15 July 2020|website=N-SIP|language=en-US|archive-date=8 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808140917/https://n-sip.gov.ng/|url-status=live}}</ref> * The [[N-Power (Nigeria)|N-Power]] program provides young Nigerians with job training and education, as well as a monthly stipend of 30,000 [[Nigerian naira]] ([[USD]] $83.33). * Npower is a social investment scheme initiated by President Muhammadu Buhari on 8 June 2016 in an attempt to boost the youths employment rate. The scheme was established as a core component of the [[Pokercrew.xyz|National Social Investment program]] to cushion the skill acquisition training and capacity building in the [https://www.northnods.com/latest-npower-stipends-news/ beneficiaries.] * The Conditional Cash Transfer Program (CCTP) directly supports the most vulnerable by providing cash to those in the lowest income group, helping reduce poverty, improve nutrition and self-sustainability, and supporting development through increased consumption.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 June 2022 |title=Full transcript of Buhari's interview with Bloomberg |url=https://punchng.com/full-transcript-of-buharis-interview-with-bloomberg/ |access-date=11 December 2022 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}</ref> * The Government Enterprise and Empowerment Program (GEEP) is a micro-lending entrepreneurship program targeting farmers, petty traders and market women with a focus. This program provides no-cost loans to its beneficiaries, helping reduce the start-up costs of business ventures in Nigeria. The programs include: TraderMoni, [[MarketMoni]] and FarmerMoni. * The National Home Grown School Feeding Program (NHGSF) is attempting to increase school enrollment by providing free meals to schoolchildren, particularly those in poor and food-insecure regions. The program works with local farmers and empowers women as cooks, building the community and sustaining economic growth from farm to table. The program was previously co-ordinated from the office of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, until 2019, when the program was moved to the new Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development under [[Sadiya Umar Farouq]]. In his 2019 Independence Day Speech, the President attributed the movement to the need to have the programmes institutionalized.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://guardian.ng/news/buhari-says-n-power-others-will-be-institutionalised/)|title = Buhari says N-Power, others will be institutionalised|date = October 2019|access-date = 5 August 2020|archive-date = 4 December 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211204194310/https://guardian.ng/news/buhari-says-n-power-others-will-be-institutionalised/|url-status = live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page