The President's wife, Aisha Buhari, has criticized the Social Investment Programme of the Federal Government, she said "the programme has failed to achieve its aim in Kano and most parts of Northern Nigeria". Mrs Aisha Buhari stated this at the interactive session with women as part of the presidential inauguration ceremony at the State House in Abuja. The wife of the President, who specifically mentioned the conditional cash transfer component, questioned the method used in executing the programme. She also faulted the amount of money spent on the purchase of mosquito nets. “They have spent $16 million buying mosquito nets. I did not get it, but maybe some people have gotten it. But I feel that, as my personal opinion, $16 million is enough to fumigate Nigeria,” she said. Generally, Mrs Aisha Buhari did not agree with the method adopted for the programme. She said, “I was expecting the social investment programme, N500 billion to be utilize...
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