Prof. Foluso Okunmadewa, the World Bank Task Team Leader for Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES), says the programme is on the right track in supporting the poor and vulnerable groups in the country. Okunmadewa stated this on Monday in Abuja, at a Ministerial Town Hall Meeting...
Poverty
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Infrastructure development is not just a panacea to security challenges facing the nation, but also a potent key to address poverty and other questions of under-development. The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, stated this on Sunday in Osogbo during the 2023 annual lecture of...
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) says it will spend $8.3 billion to fight poverty, disease, and inequity in 2023. This is contained in a statement signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the foundation, Mr Mark Suzman, on Tuesday in Lagos. Suzman said the budget was the...
The National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Iyorchia Ayu on Wednesday decried the poor living condition in Niger Delta and called for concerted efforts by all stakeholders to address the challenge. Ayu made the call while inaugurating the multi-billion Naira Ogheye Floating Market; Odokun Secondary School, 3-km...
Mr Osita Okechukwu, the Director-General,Voice of Nigeria (VON), says state governors cannot excuse themselves from being major contributor to deepening poverty and insecurity in Nigeria. Okechukwu said this in an exclusive interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, while reacting to the position of Nigeria Governors Forum...
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, says Nigeria is in good economic standing, and is not broke. Ahmed spoke at the 6th edition of President Muhammadu Buhari’s scorecard, tagged “PMB Scorecard 2015-2023”, organised by the Ministry of Information on Thursday in Abuja. She said...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has stirred an unnecessary storm and in the process may have scored an inconsequential victory. Last week, the NBS revised the definition of poverty by shifting from the now proverbial living on $2 a day to something called “multidimensional poverty”. This has unsettled...
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq says there are enough evidences to prove that the Cash Transfer programme for the vulnerable people is a workable solution to extreme poverty. AbdulRazaq said this in Ilorin at the launch of the United Nations Development Programme Socio-Economic Revitalisation Support Programme, which targets over...
The World Bank says the world is unlikely to meet the goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030, according to a new World Bank study. This is contained in a statement obtained from the World Bank website on Thursday in Abuja by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). According...
The World Bank says African Government urgently need to restore Macroeconomic stability and protect the poor in a context of slow growth and high inflation. This is contained in a statement obtained from the World Bank website on Tuesday in Abuja by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The...
A London conference on Monday told the Nigerian government to upscale its investment in education to pull the West African country out of endemic poverty. Speaking at a colloquium, marking Nigeria’s 62nd Independence, the keynote speaker, Mrs Ibironke Adeagbo, said that Nigeria could only turn the corner if adequate...
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Saturday said even after 62 years of independence, Nigeria is still striving to attain freedom from terrorism and poverty. Sanwo-Olu said this during the Independence Day parade, to commemorate the 62nd National Independence Day Celebration of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The...
By SUCCESS SOLOMON, Jos – The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Mr. Peter Obi has assured Nigerians that if elected President of Nigeria come 2023 election, he will end the present challenges being faced by citizens. Mr Obi gave the assurances on Wednesday in Jos, Plateau state...
Hundreds of Tunisians protested against poverty, high prices and the shortage of some foodstuff, escalating pressure on the government, as the country suffers an economic and political crisis. Tunisia is struggling to revive its public finances as discontent grows over inflation running at nearly nine per cent and a...
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar played a major role in pushing millions of Nigerians into the unemployment market and into poverty as Vice President between 1999 and 2007. This, according to the Buhari Media Organisation (BMO), is contrary to the impression Atiku sold in...
The UN Women Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ms Beatrice Eyong has said poverty is a major cause of vote buying in Nigeria. Ms. Eyong said this when she received National Officials of Women Wing of Christian Association of Nigeria (WOWICAN) in Abuja. She said that the UN women...
Rep. Eta Mbora (PDP – Cross River) said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) remained the better option to reset the nation’s “bleeding economy”. Mbora, who represents Odukpani/Calabar Municipal, said this while speaking with newsmen in Calabar on Tuesday. The lawmaker, who expressed concern over the poverty level, the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Sultan of Sokoto and President General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar 111 has decried that poverty rather than the desire for acquiring Islamic education could be the reason for some parents sending their wards to other places...
The President Sri Lanka, Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled his official residence. On Saturday, thousands of protesters stormed the home as they continued their demand for his resignation. The President was hurriedly transported to the Army headquarters hours before the invasion. Sri Lankan military personnel joined the demonstrators who broke police barricades...