The leadership of the National Assembly has met with the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, SADIYA UMAR-FAROUK, in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

The meeting between the two government officials is to find ways to reduce the effect of the lockdown order given by President MUHAMMADU BUHARI on Nigerians following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

Senate President AHMED LAWAN at the meeting called for a review of the strategy used at the National Social Investment Program in disbursing funds to poor households across the country.

He raised the suggestion that identifying the poor and vulnerable in the society can be a bit difficult as he believes that the poor have not been sufficiently reached out to.