The Federal Government through the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has on Thursday reiterated its promise to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in the next 10 years.<\/p>\n
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, restated the government\u2019s commitment in Abuja at a media briefing to mark the 2019 World Poverty Eradication Day.<\/p>\n
Mohammed said that virtually all the policies and programmes of the President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s administration were aimed at eradicating poverty.<\/p>\n
Specifically, he said that the three cardinal objectives of the administration \u2013 fighting insecurity, fighting corruption and reviving the economy \u2013 had direct link with eradicating poverty.<\/p>\n
\u201cWithout security, there can be no economic activities that will prosper the citizens and liberate them from poverty.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe emphasis on fighting corruption is also directly linked to eradicating poverty because if funds meant for development are misappropriated and looted, it will lead to poverty.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe administration has also focused on revamping the economy and creating more jobs to fight poverty,\u2019\u2019 Lai Mohammed said.<\/p>\n
The minister added that the government had also taken more concrete and effective steps to eradicate poverty, \u201cespecially the social intervention programme in which millions of Nigerians are benefiting\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe most vulnerable victims of poverty are the women and children and they are the direct beneficiaries of the Conditional Cash Transfer and the One Meal per Day\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the first time in the history of the country, in the last four years, 30 per cent of our budget was reserved for capital projects which has helped to create jobs and provide more infrastructure,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n
Lai Mohammed said that in marking the day, many ministers, representatives of the UN and some Non-Governmental Organisations held a symbolic walk which took off at 7 a.m. from the Old Parade Ground to the International Conference Centre, Abuja.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Federal Government through the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has on Thursday reiterated its promise to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in the next 10 years. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, restated the government\u2019s commitment in Abuja at a media briefing to mark the 2019 World […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":8520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1001,50,686],"class_list":["post-16868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-federal-government","tag-lai-mohammed","tag-poverty"],"yoast_head":"\n