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Nigeria’s social programme to mitigate poverty

The Matters Press by The Matters Press
November 30, 2018
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Osinbajo speaks on Social programme

Osinbajo speaks on Social programme

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said Nigeria’s Social Investment Programmes (SIPs) are designed to provide solutions to the problems of poor Nigerians.

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The programmes include N-Power, National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP), National Cash Transfer Project (NCTP), and Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP).

Osinbajo spoke at the 90th birthday of Chief Olu Akinkugbe and the Fifth anniversary of the Olu Akinkugbe Business Law in Africa Fellowship conference, at Lagos Business School.

The vice president said that the Buhari-led administration was focused on uplifting the poor in society through its SIPs.

He said that the programmes were aimed at ensuring that more Nigerians improved their lives and contributed more to the nation’s economy.

Osinbajo said that the problems of the poor in society must be addressed to help economic growth.

“A lot of our ideas in our social investment policies are micro credit loans to market women and petty traders and all of that are borrowed heavily from the Indian model.

“ A lot of the programmes that we are working on today; the Conditional Cash Transfers that we give to the poorest in society are based on many of these models.

“ But these models are the products of a legal framework; they’re a product of a way of thinking about dissolving the problems of the poor.

“And we if we do not dissolve the problem of the poor, no matter how fancy our economic models or policies are, the vast majority of our people will be poor, consumer spending will be low, and generally speaking our economies cannot be where they ought to be, because the vast majority are so far behind,” he said.

According to the vice president, the rule of law remains the most potent weapon for socio-economic revolution because the success of African economies and commerce will depend largely on the enforcement of laws and regulations.

He further said that it was time for Africa to rethink and re-engineer its jurisprudence.

Osinbajo highlighted some challenges confronting Africa ranging from how to provide opportunities for millions of young men and women, to extreme poverty, illiteracy and disease, desertification resulting in famines and conflicts over land and water.

“ All of these challenges clearly will define how the future of the world itself will shape up in the coming decades; simply because Africa has the population and continues to increase in that population day by day.

“Commerce and economic development cannot thrive where the majority is desperately poor, illiterate and exposed to diseases all the time.

“The country’s effective market, any country’s effective market, GDP, and human development indices depend on the standard of living of its people. The law and administration of justice can change the bleak narratives on poverty,” he said.

He said that Africa needed the capacity to undertake complex economic studies of its diverse situations and present alternative or comparative perspectives, which could form the basis for more confident negotiations.

Felicitating with Akinkugbe on his 90th birthday, the vice president described him as a quintessential Nigerian business icon with a legacy of ethical conduct.

He said that the Olu Akinkugbe Business Law in Africa Fellowship was, itself, an investment in knowledge and scholarship, in people, and in the future of Africa.

On his part, Akinkugbe described Osinbajo as one that gave Nigerians hope for the future of the country.

“It is often not the case that you have people with complete understanding of the problems that we face in the country.

“He (Osinbajo) has intervened in the different struggles in this country.

“ May God help you to continue to give your best to Nigeria,” Akinkugbe said.

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