AfCFTA will reduce extreme poverty – Official
The AU Commission on Friday in Abuja said the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) would lift 30 million people ...
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667m Africans in extreme poverty — ECA
COVID-19 pandemic may have pushed additional 55 million Africans into extreme poverty, bringing the tally to 667 million. Acting Executive ...
Agriculture is a tool to end poverty in Nigeria
Mr Kayode Alabi, the Kwara Deputy Governor, on Saturday in Ilorin asserted that Agricultural development is one of the most ...
Nigeria to use poverty report for resource allocation
The Federal Government says results of the Nigeria’s Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) report will be used as a policy tool ...
Nigeria inaugurates national poverty situation room
The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba, on Friday inaugurated the National Poverty Dashboard Situation ...
63% Nigerians are multi-dimensionally poor – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said that 63 per cent of people in Nigeria are multi-dimensionally poor. Buhari disclosed this ...
Cash transfer, antidote to extreme poverty
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara says there are enough evidences to prove that the Cash Transfer programme for the vulnerable ...
Ending global poverty by 2030 unlikely – World Bank
The World Bank says the world is unlikely to meet the goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030, according to ...
Nigeria investing billions in social protection to fight poverty
The Federal Government is investing billions in social protection to fight poverty in the country, the Minister of Labour and ...
Social programmes to lift Nigerians out of poverty – Minister
Hajiya Umaru Faruk, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, has said that the Federal Government National Social ...
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