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“Poverty, unemployment, breeding grounds for violence, extremism” � AbdulSalami

September 21, 2024September 21, 2024 Aminu Imam

Former Head of State, Gen. AbdulSalami Abubakar (rtd) has said poverty and unemployment are breeding grounds for violence and extremism. AbdulSalami stated this yesterday during the celebration of the ‘International Day of Peace 2024’, which held at the Lecture Hall of the AbdulSalami Abubakar Institute for Peace and Sustainability Development Studies, Minna, Niger State. According to him, �Peace is the bedrock of any nation�s progress. Without peace, development is stifled, opportunities are lost, and society stagnates�. The former Nigerian leader further said, �Today, Nigeria faces numerous challenges that threaten the…

“North faces existential threat from poverty, insecurity” – Uba Sani to ACF�Says proposed national protest ill-timed, counter-productive

July 23, 2024July 23, 2024 Aminu Imam

Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, yesterday received in audience a high-powered delegation of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), led by the newly elected Chairman, Mamman Mike Osuman, (SAN), OFR. While commending the ACF for been steadfast in its commitment to the promotion and protection of the interests of the people of Northern Nigeria, he drew the attention of the regional association to the disturbing negative developmental indices and security challenges confronting the North. Governor Sani expressed concern over the high rate of poverty, out-of-school children and the general insecurity in…

�There’s increasing spate of poverty, insecurity, political conflicts across the land” – Conference of Northern CSOs tell Tinubu

January 8, 2024January 8, 2024 Aminu Imam

The Conference of Northern States Civil Society Networks, at the weekend, has lamented the increasing spate of poverty, hunger, insecurity and political conflicts in Nigeria. They called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to take the bull by the horn and declare a state of emergency on security, particularly, in some States in the North. The Conference of Northern States Civil Society Networks also expressed deep concern over what it described as looming danger as a result of plots to truncate Nigerian democracy on the, �conspicuous fixation to snatch the mandate…

’24m Nigerians pushed into poverty by inflation’ � World Bank

December 14, 2023December 14, 2023 Aminu Imam

…But insists petrol should sell N750 per litre Sluggish growth and rising inflation in Africa�s biggest economy have pushed an additional 24 million Nigerians into poverty within five years, according to the World Bank. This was revealed in its latest ‘Nigeria Development Update report for December 2023′, yesterday. The report said: �Sluggish growth and rising inflation have increased poverty from 40 percent in 2018 to 46% in 2023, pushing an additional 24 million people below the national poverty line�. It said the number of poor rose from 79 million in…

�70 percent of Nigerians are poverty-stricken� � Wole Olanipekun

November 28, 2023November 28, 2023 Aminu Imam

Legal luminary, Wole Olanipekun (SAN), has said that majority of Nigerians currently live in poverty, stressing that over 70 percent of the citizens were living below the poverty level. Olanipekun, who spoke in his country home in Ikere-Ekiti, pointed out that there was tension, unrest, anxiety, pressure, confusion, hatred, anguish, pain, distress and transferred aggression among many people. According to the legal icon, the situation in Nigeria is much more challenging, coupled with the burden of insecurity that it had faced for over a decade. �The poverty level in Nigeria…

Akpabio regrets rising poverty, insecurity, others; as Senate resumes new legislative year

September 27, 2023September 27, 2023 Aminu Imam

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, lamented the rising poverty and insecurity across the country. Akpabio, who spoke yesterday when he welcomed lawmakers back from their annual recess, noted that public agitation for good governance has also been on the rise in the country and called on senators to close ranks and work for the good of the country. The Senate President, who, during the long break, had series of battles over purported plans to impeach him, called on his colleagues during the brief remarks to work for the interests of Nigerians. Speaking further,…

Poverty, Insecurity: 46 clerics pray, fast for Nigeria

July 15, 2023July 15, 2023 Aminu Imam

Forty-six clerics, under the aegis of the �National Prayer Altar�, has begun prayers and fasting for the country, as a result of the hardship bedevilling Nigeria. The South-West and South-South Coordinators, Pastor Bosun Emmanuel and Prof. Kontein Trinya, in a statement yesterday, said the prayer is also for national public repentance. They condemned prophecies that did not come to pass as expected, adding that they did so but because the tithes and offering boxes � have been threatened. Part of the prayers read: �Oh God of all creation, We Your…

‘Fuel scarcity, insecurity to push 24.8m Nigerians into deep poverty’ � Report

March 18, 2023March 18, 2023 Aminu Imam

As Nigeria and Nigerians continue to reel in economic hardship, a report by the Cadre Harmonise, (CH), on Thursday, indicated that the protracted fuel scarcity, worsen insecurity, 2022 flood disaster and other factors will push 24.8 million Nigerians into a deep poverty crisis between June and August 2023. Its technical and financial support come from various global, regional, and national partners including Food and Agricultural Organisation, Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel, CILSS, WFP, Save the Children International, United Nations International Children�s Emergency Fund, (UNICEF), Famine Early…

“Buhari administration must address the hunger and anger in the country”- Sultan

February 14, 2023February 14, 2023 Aminu Imam

…Says insurrection against elite not foreclosed Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Muhammadu Sa�ad Abubakar III, has advised the present administration to take urgent steps to mitigate the sufferings of Nigerians.� The Sultan made the appeal yesterday, while speaking at the National Conference on Livestock Reform and Mitigation of Associated Conflicts between Herders and Farmers, which was held in Abuja. Referring to the challenges thrown up by the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) Naira Swap policy Muhammadu Sa�ad Abubakar said that insurrection against the government should not be dismissed with a…

Nigeria�s MDI Poverty Rate Blame Debate and Lessons Therefrom

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

By;�Abubakar Ahmed Since the disclosure after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting by Nigeria�s Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clement Agba insisting that the FG had done its part on poverty alleviation in the country; in response to the released document by the country�s National Bureau of Statistics that 133 million Nigerians are currently living in multidimensional poverty, reactions have trailed the disclosure especially from one of Nigeria�s tier of governments; the state governments under the auspices of Nigerian Governors� Forum, NGF. According to Agba, 72…