ActionAid Nigeria (AAN), an international not-for-profit outfit has said Nigeria’s social investment programmes are improving the lives of its citizens.

In a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES and signed by Country Director Ene Obi, on Tuesday, the outfit said the organisation was able to monitor and evaluate three out of the Nigeria Social Investment Programme (NSIP) independently.

The three programmes that were reportedly evaluated include N-Power Programme, Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSFP) and the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP)

According to the statement, the findings were pulled from the collective monitoring of the 70 per cent of the local governments in 35 states, excluding Kano State “where monitoring was carried out in 18 LGAs by some Civil Society Organisations – funded by the United Kingdom (U.K) Department for International Development (DFID) Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn (PERL) and Ford Foundation.”

The outfit said its personnel interviewed over two million Nigerians (beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries) between May and December 2018 for the three programmes.

”AAN also held quarterly feedback sessions with the National Social Investment Office (NSIO) on findings and suggested how to improve service delivery to the citizens,” the statement noted.

Findings

On the HGSFP, AAN said, from the monitoring exercise, “there is clear evidence of meals provided in primary schools through the programme.”

It furthered said “the development resulted in more pupils going to school, improved concentration of pupils during classroom teaching, reduction in absenteeism, and in some cases reduction in the rate of illness among pupils as reported by headteachers, parents and pupils in the communities visited.”


On N-Power Programme, the ANN said Government officials confirmed that the beneficiaries of the programmes “were brought to their schools, Primary Healthcare Centres (PHC), agricultural establishments, and offices.”

According to the statement, thexercise also confirmed that schools that were in critical need of teachers, got beneficiaries to teach through the N-Power programme, and other non-teaching establishments also gained trained labour to add to their existing workforce.


https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/333451-buharis-social-investment-schemes-improving-lives-actionaid.html

Where are the naysayers?

Hope you are aware ActionAid is an international organisation?

rusher14:
Where are the naysayers?

Hope you are aware ActionAid is an international organisation?

no be only international na intergalactic!
are you saying they know better than Aisha Buhari the wife of the president?
it's like having a stranger telling you your wife's soup is sweet when you know very well that you could not afford maggi and salt for its preparation...

simonlee:

no be only international na intergalactic!
are you saying they know better than Aisha Buhari the wife of the president?
it's like having a stranger telling you your wife's soup is sweet when you know very well that you could not afford maggi and salt for its preparation...

They know better than her.

She's not an NGO or agency whose mandate is clearly for that.

She could be misinformed or perhaps having too few samples through which she can reach an informed conclusion.

They should monitor the CCT (conditional cash transfer) and get back to us. Aisha is correct. The professor is smart, he is a smart swindler. GEEP, HSGF, NPOWER cover up for the looting machine CCT! Aisha might be married to a dullard but she no be Mumu at all. She knows what she is saying.

simonlee:

no be only international na intergalactic!
are you saying they know better than Aisha Buhari the wife of the president?
it's like having a stranger telling you your wife's soup is sweet when you know very well that you could not afford maggi and salt for its preparation...

I'm sure if the same organisation has said otherwise you would have said they are right. Stop being a hypocrite

rusher14:
Where are the naysayers?

Hope you are aware ActionAid is an international organisation?

But when NY times and Financial Times, both international organizations criticize the government, they are wrong Abi.

ideynl1:


But when NY times and Financial Times, both international organizations criticize the government, they are wrong Abi.

How much research can New York Times do as against an agency whose sole mandate is for same?

rusher14:


How much research can New York Times do as against an agency whose sole mandate is for same?

Are you saying that Action Aid has proper strategy for research in Financial and Political matters than NY and Financial Times?

I'm actually not referencing this health/social research dome by AA.

ideynl1:


Are you saying that Action Aid has proper strategy for research in Financial and Political matters than NY and Financial Times?

I'm actually not referencing this health/social research dome by AA.

Well I am.

NY Times should be getting their data from the likes of Action Aid and not someone speculating in his office in Manhattan, calling a few journalist friends he met at their annual Gala.

on the pages of newspaper or in the hearts of the common Nigerians?