Tinubu approves Social Action Task Force for 8,804 wards

President Bola Tinubu has approved the instauration of a Community-Based National Social Action Fund Task Force aimed astatine strengthening grassroots improvement and accelerating socio-economic projects crossed Nigeria’s 8,804 wards.

This was disclosed successful a connection issued connected Wednesday nighttime successful Abuja by Mr Ado Bako, Assistant Director of Information and Public Relations astatine the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare.

According to the statement, the inaugural is designed to beforehand community-driven interventions tailored to the circumstantial needs of section areas. It explained that each ward volition spouse with a verified community-based organisation, association, oregon entity to execute precedence improvement projects.

The approval, it noted, builds connected earlier authorities reforms, including the constitution of the Social Action Fund, SAF, successful September 2023 and the Community-Based Procurement Platform introduced successful January 2026.

These frameworks are intended to simplify entree for assemblage groups to instrumentality projects valued astatine up to N50 million.

Bako further stated that the President has approved a task implementation timeline opening March 1, with completion targeted for December.

He added that a dedicated Programme Management Unit volition beryllium housed wrong the Sector-Wide Approach, SWAp, coordinat...