Senator Shehu Sani has mocked the present administration for failing to lift one million Nigerians out of poverty, and instead threw 133 millions into abject poverty.
Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari had unveiled the government’s plans to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty by 2030.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Ms. Kachollum Daju, had told newsmen in September that the Federal Government planned lifting was attainable, if stakeholders played their expected roles effectively.
But the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced Thursday that the number of Nigerians living in poverty stands at over 133 million, representing 63 percent of the nations population.
In his reaction to the development, Sani, via his Twitter handle said the government had officially thrown 133 millions Nigerians into the poverty circle.
The post read: They promised to lift one hundred million people out of poverty; now they have officially thrown one hundred and thirty three million people into deeper poverty.
