2019: Buhari’s achievements in SIP ‘ll earn him massive votes – Uwais

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..Says SIP reduces poverty, distributes wealth
—-Programme for poorest of the poor
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru

ABUJA – THE presidency, weekend said that its achievements with the Social Investment Programme, SIP, was capable of attracting massive votes to President Muhammadu Buhari if he desired re-election.

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But the presidency also said that the essence of the programme was not for politics, rather to reduce poverty to the barest minimum and distribute wealth to the most vulnerable in the society.

Briefing State House correspondents on the performance of SIP, Special Adviser to the President on Social Investment Programme, Mrs. Mariam Uwais said that already about 80 million poor people had been identified, but out of the number, 30 percent of it had been identified as the poorest of the poor.

She said what her office first did especially…



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