By Henry Umoru
ABUJA — The Senate has expanded the mandate of its Ad hoc Committee investigating the implementation of the Safe Schools Initiative (SSI) and granted it an additional three weeks to conclude its assignment.
The expanded investigation will now cover the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, and the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA).
The resolution followed a motion moved on Tuesday by the Chairman of the Ad hoc Committee, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu (APC, Abia North), under Orders 41 and 51 of the Senate Standing Orders, 2026 (as amended).
Presenting the motion, Kalu said preliminary findings indicated that the implementation and funding of the Safe Schools Initiative intersected with the activities of several federal agencies responsible for education funding, student welfare and social intervention programmes.
