President Bola Tinubu has named Dr. Badamasi Lawal as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA).
The appointment was announced in a statement on Tuesday by the presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale.
In his statement, he said “To facilitate the needed relief to Nigerians and ensure the effectiveness of humanitarian and social development programmes, President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of seven qualified Nigerians to head strategic agencies and programmes under the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development,”.
Other appointees include the Programme Manager, National Social Safety-Net Coordinating Office, Funmilola Olotu; Programme Manager, Grant for Vulnerable Groups, Aishat Alubankudi; Programme Manager, Home Grown School Feeding, Princess Aderemi Adebowale, the Programme Manager, National Cash Transfer Office, Abdullahi Alhassan Imam; Executive Secretary, National Commission for People with Disabilities, Ayuba Gufwan and the Director General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Lami Binta Adamu Bello.
“The President expects the new heads of these critical agencies and programmes to discharge the functions of their offices with utmost integrity and diligence so as to ensure that Nigerians, especially vulnerable groups, are the exclusive and direct beneficiaries of his administration’s reconfigured welfare programmes,” the presidential spokesman, said.
Dr. Badamasi Lawal Charanchi, the newly appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA) is the immediate Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Katsina state before his new appointment today. He is an Associate Professor in Health Education with more than forty-eight publications credited to him.
He obtained a Nigeria Certificate in Physical Health Education from College of Education Kafanchan, in 1984. He had his Bachelor of Education, Physical Health Education from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, from 1985 to 1987. His educational pursuit saw him obtain a Master’s Degree in Health Education from the University of Lagos and a Doctorate Degree in Education from Bayero University, Kano, respectively.
Badamasi during his educational quest became the best NCE graduating student in Physical and Health Education in Kafanchan, and the Best graduating student in Masters Health Education University of Lagos – Akoka, Lagos. Despite his political engagements, he rose from graduate assistant to the rank of Associate Professor in Health Education.
He was the Chairman of Katsina State, Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency in 2005. He was elected as chairman of Charanchi Local Government Area in 2008 and was reelected in 2011. In the year 2015, he served as a member of the Katsina State Transition Committee and State Coordinator of General Muhammadu Buhari Campaign.
He served as Special Adviser to Katsina State Government on Higher Education from 2015 to 2017 before subsequently being appointed as Honourable Commissioner of Education from 2017 to 2023.
As a sports lover, Badamasi held numerous medals in hockey. He was a Gold Medalist in Hockey Event, ‘NATCEGA 1982, and Silver Medalist in Hockey Event, ‘NATCEGA 1984. He attended National Camp in Hockey Event 1980 in Oyo state, Ibadan.