The Senior Special Assistant to the President on social investment, Maryam Uwais has said that the Federal Government’s social investment programmes (SIP) have not failed.

This Mrs Uwais said in reply to a claim by the wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, claiming that the Social Investment Programme of the Federal Government has failed to achieve its aim in Kano and most parts of Northern Nigeria.

Mrs Uwais said Aisha Buhari’s criticism of SIP, would have been able to track all beneficiaries of the project if she had access to available data.

“If she were to listen to the information that is out there, if she were to check on our data she would be able to track all the beneficiaries”.

Speaking on Channels Television, the presidential aide said about 290,000 beneficiaries from Adamawa, Mrs Buhari’s home state, are currently being paid under the investment scheme.

Uwais said Aisha spoke without the knowledge of available records on SIP, noting that 11000 graduates have been recruited and have been working in every local government in her (Aisha Buhari’s) home state.

She added: “We have non graduates 440, we started the school feeding program October 2018, we are in 1054 public primary schools, we have only scratched the surface in the sense that we do not have the sufficient funding to address.

“Yes, she may not have met them (Beneficiaries). But we are in 12 local governments for the cash transfer. And we are also in 12 LGAs for the loans. So, I think we have at least 290,000 beneficiaries directly that we are paying in Adamawa state,” Uwais said.