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FG targets 10m in ward-level poverty alleviation programme

April 28, 2026April 28, 2026 Aminu Imam

The Federal Government says about 10 million citizens are expected to benefit from its ‘Renewed Hope Ward Development Programme’. The initiative has the objective of poverty reduction in the over 8,809 wards across the country. Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu stated this when Nigerian councillors, under the aegis of the National Councillors’ Forum of Nigeria, appointed him as its grand patron. The Minister said he was humbled by the honour and that it would spur him to redouble his efforts to stimulate the grassroots economy for…

�Keep an eye on poverty alleviation, school-feeding funds� – APC chieftain urges Tinubu

January 8, 2024January 8, 2024 Aminu Imam

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to keep an eye on how the funds allocated to different poverty alleviation programmes are being spent. Speaking with newsmen yesterday, Oyintiloye said the president�s interest in alleviating poverty among the masses must not be allowed to be truncated by selfish individuals. The APC chieftain said all necessary strategies must be put in place to ensure that the poverty intervention programmes by the president have positive impacts on the lives of…

�Renewed Hope�: FG earmarks N150bn for poverty alleviation in 2024

January 3, 2024January 3, 2024 Aminu Imam

�To spend N100bn on school-feeding programmes The Federal Government has earmarked a total sum of N150 billion to implement poverty alleviation programmes�as well as N100 billion for the school feeding programmes as allocated in the 2024 Budget. The amount is to be spent under the four pillars of: Macro-economic stability; Industrialisation; Structural policies/institutional reforms and Redistributive policies/programmes of Government, under the National Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy, (NPRGS). Besides the N150billion allocation to the NPRGS, the Federal Government, in the N28.77trillion Budget signed into law by President Bola Tinubu on…

�President directs 10% of FG�s humanitarian interventions will go to PWDs� – Minister Edu

November 19, 2023November 19, 2023 Aminu Imam

Minister of Humanitarian affairs and Poverty alleviation, Betta Edu, says President Bola Tinubu has directed that 10 percent of her ministry�s interventions should go to Persons living With Disabilities (PWDs) across the country. Edu disclosed this while inaugurating various empowerment programmes sponsored by the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities, (NCPWD), in Abuja. According to her, the President instructed that the disability community should be given priority in all intervention programmes of Government. Edu added that the Federal Government was also providing Point of Sale (POS) machines to PWDs as…

SDG: FG to lift 50m Nigerians out of poverty in 42 months – Minister�Edu

November 4, 2023November 4, 2023 Aminu Imam

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, has outlined some of the specifics that will be done to remove 50 million people from poverty in Nigeria, as directed by President Bola Tinubu, within the next 42 months, while the push to lift 133 million multi-dimensionally poor Nigerians out of poverty by 2030 will been on course. Recall that the President had on Wednesday announced that Ministers would sign a Performance Agreement with him at the end of the three-day cabinet retreat for ministers, presidential aides, permanent secretaries, and…

�FG to take 133m Nigerians out of poverty� – Humanitarian Affairs minister, Betty Edu

August 22, 2023August 22, 2023 Aminu Imam

The new Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu has expressed the Federal Government�s commitment to lift 133 million Nigerians out of poverty. Edu disclosed this when she assumed office yesterday in Abuja and held maiden meeting with the Chief Executive Officers of the agencies under the Ministry. She assured Nigerians of her determination to ensure transparency and accountability during her tenure as Minister. She explained that, the ministry will achieve the target through different interventions and initiatives aimed at lifting millions of Nigerians out of poverty. The…

FG approves N400bn for poverty reduction

July 15, 2022July 15, 2022 Aminu Imam

The National Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy, (NPRGS), says N400 billion has been approved for various poverty reduction schemes in 2022. Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, stated this when spoke with State House correspondents after a meeting of the NPRGS National Steering Committee yesterday, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari, in 2021, inaugurated the NPRGS to be chaired by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. Gov. Sule said the meeting was to review the implementation of what was approved in the budget. He further said that the first highlight…

“My government committed to poverty alleviation” � Buhari, at AU summit

February 5, 2022February 5, 2022 Aminu Imam

�Says he�ll prioritise poor, vulnerable Nigerians� welfare till 2023 President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration will sustain the provision of social safety nets for the poor and vulnerable in Nigeria. The president, who spoke yesterday, at the virtual official presentation of the ‘Country Review Report of Nigeria’, during the 31st Africa Peer Review Forum of African Union (AU) leaders in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, said he would remain committed to protecting and lifting the poor and vulnerable from the poverty cycle till the end of his tenure in 2023. The…