The Giving to the Needies Mission International, GINMI, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to consider the plights of the vulnerable Nigerians who are the worst hit given the suspension of Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu and the subsequent punctuation in the social programs of the Federal Government.
The organisation made the plea in a statement signed on behalf of the Board by its Secretary, Collins Azu.
Azu, in the statement made available to our correspondent, stated that “GINMI is worried that various social programs suspended by the President are taking a toll on the teeming beneficiaries”.
According to him”More worrisome also is the cessation of the conditional cash transfer, GEEP, N-Power, and distribution of relief to flood and disaster victims and victims of emergencies by the Federal Government”.
The statement read in full “The suspension of these social programs has continued to stretch our capacity in the context of budgeting as there appears to be an opening of the floodgate of vulnerable populations whose needs earlier cushioned, are now stretched by GINMI, a non-state actor.
“Be that as it may, we call on various actors in the suspension saga to holistically look at the Minister’s conformity to basic civil/ public service rules to see a speedy return to power for the continuation of the suspended social programs under her watch.
“As a humanitarian service provider, GINMI is concerned with the burden of lifting Nigerians out of the socioeconomic woods”.