3 Months After Senate’s Confirmation, Tinubu Suspends Halima Shehu As NSIPA National Coordinator

About three months after her confirmation by the Senate, President Bola Tinubu has suspended Ms Halima Shehu, the National Coordinator and CEO of the National Social Investment Program Agency (NSIPA) over alleged financial malfeasance.

This is even as President Tinubu ordered that an investigation be launched into her tenure as the NSIPA boss.

With the suspension and investigation into the allegations, Dr Akindele Egbuwalo, the National N-POWER Program Manager, has been appointed in an acting capacity as NC/CEO pending the conclusion of the investigation.

It would be recalled that Shehu was recently confirmed for the position by the Nigerian Senate.

Before Halima’s appointment, she worked as the National Coordinator of the Conditional Cash Transfer Programme and had previously served with the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. That was between 2017 and 2022.