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Bill giving legal backing to establishment of NSIP Trust Fund passes second reading
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By Levinus Nwabughiogu-Abuja
House of Representatives has passed for second reading a bill seeking to provide a legal framework for the establishment of the National Social Investment Programme, NSIP.
The bill is sponsored by the Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, Hon. Ahmed Idris, Hon. Mansur Manu Soro and 9 other lawmakers.
It may be recalled that several social intervention programmes have been provided by the federal government under the present administration.
The programmes included the N-Power, Conditional Cash Transfer, Home-Grown School Feeding Market Moni and Trader-Moni.