***Engages stakeholders on benefit of Youth employment
The Special Presidential Panel on Social Investment Programmes has earlier has met in Abuja to review progress on Direct Benefit Transfers following the introduction of alternate identity verification measures, including Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) and Voter’s Cards, for beneficiaries on the National Social Register without a National Identity Number.
Recall that President Bola Tinubu had in January set up a six-member panel to review the policy guidelines of the social investment programmes.
The panel is expected to audit existing financial frameworks of the social investment programmes.
Director of Information and Public Relations, Mohammed Manga in a statement indicated that the Panel also engaged with the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), National Directorate of Employment (NDE), and National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to deliberate on the registration process for the Presidential Youth Unemployment Benefit Scheme, aiming for immediate implementation.
