Government Sets
Government Sets to Review Social Protection Policy
for Next four Years
The Federal Government
has inaugurated a Technical Working Group for the review of the
National Social Protection Policy 2021-2025.
Speaking at the
occasion, in Abuja, the Permanent Secretary, Budget and National
Planning, Mrs. Olusola Idowu, said that the inauguration was aimed
at bringing together all relevant stakeholders for the review of
the National Social Protection Policy (NSP). Its implementation
which had commenced in 2007 is billed to end in December
2020.
According to Idowu,
the main essence of the review was to accommodate some emerging
issues on social protection programme across sectors at both the
national and sub-national levels of government.
She stated that the
policy recommended its review to be carried out every four years
and that the implementation of the policy was currently in the
3rd year.
The Permanent
Secretary also stated that Nigeria needed to see COVID 19 as an
opportunity to strengthen her social protection programme as well
as intervention strategies to accommodate all relevant actors and
sectors of the social protection.
She added that the
Group would be expected to come up with a revised edition of the
current National Social Protection given the following terms of
reference:-
Evaluate the
efficiency of the National Social Protection Policy in addressing
social protection of the vulnerable people since
2017; Incorporate all relevant global emerging issues in
social protection; and Establish clear roles and
responsibilities for all relevant stakeholders in social protection
in Nigeria, amongst others.
Earlier, the Director,
Department of Social Development , Budget and National Planning,
Mr. A.B Sa’ Adu, noted that the overall objective of the gathering
was to commence the review of the social protection policy as well
as ensure its responsiveness to emerging issues in social
protection.
Charging the Group,
the Director said “Our collective efforts and collaboration is key
to achieving the objective of this national assignment”
Imaobong Udoh
for:Director,
Information(BNP)