On assumption of office, he established the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) ostensibly to address the immediate and long-term socio-economic imbalance, alleviate poverty and act as a stimulant to further economic growth. WITH over 133 million people living in multidimensional poverty, the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has failed through its National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) to allay poverty after expending over N2 trillion on the programme.īuhari’s campaign was dominated by his Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP), which promised to restore, boost and resuscitate the Nigerian economy that had gone into recession.
