A bill seeking to institutionalize the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) has passed second reading at the floor of the Senate.

This followed the presentation of the lead debate on the bill’s general principles by the Senate leader, Ibrahim Gobir, during the plenary on Tuesday.

The senate leader was supported by other lawmakers who noted that the bill will create a modality of assessment, data collection and accountability, which would be community-based.

In his remarks, Senate President Ahmad Lawan lauded the move by the government to institutionalize the programme.

The programmes under the National Social Investment Programme are the N-Power Programme, the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme, the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme, and the Conditional Cash Transfer Programme.