Nigeria is currently facing severe economic challenges characterized by persistently high inflation rates, causing immense hardship for the citizens during President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s reign over the last six months. The nation is grappling with issues such as Naira depreciation, rising insecurity, and an overall decline in the standard of living.NYSC Portal The latest figures … Read more
The United Nations Development Programme, UNDP has promised to reduce poverty and inequality in Nigeria through inclusive growth. DAILY POST reports. NAN reports that the UNDP Representative to Nigeria, Mohammed Yahya, revealed this during a courtesy call to the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu.InformationGuideNigeria Yahya noted that the UNDP will continue offering … Read more
A former Kaduna Central Senator and human rights activist, Shehu Sani, argued that Nigerians will soon beg the Federal Government to leave them in poverty. VANGUARD reports.InformationGuideNigeria Sani who made the submission while reacting to the Federal Government’s promise to lift Nigerians out of poverty, said people will soon realise that the poverty they know … Read more
Dr. Betta Edu, the new Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, has said the Federal Government plans to lift 133 million Nigerians out of poverty. DAILY POST reports.InformationGuideNigeria Edu made this known yesterday after the resumption of office while speaking with heads of agencies under the ministry.NYSC Portal Read Other Top News: Investigating Me … Read more
President Bola Tinubu says education is Nigeria’s foremost tool against poverty. THE PUNCH reports.NYSC Portal A statement made available to our correspondent on Thursday in Abuja, Tinubu, who received a delegation from global tech giant, Google, said his administration would leverage digital technology to create Nigeria’s desired socio-economic progress that is necessary to transform society.Information … Read more
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State, Dino Melaye has said the North Central state has no business with poverty given its richness in natural resources. NAIJA NEWS reports. Naija News reports that Melaye stated this on Sunday during a visit to the traditional rulers and the Council of Chiefs … Read more
Controversial Nigerian media personality, Ifedayo Olarinde, better known as Daddy Freeze has come under heavy criticism after he asserted that Nigerians with less than N500,000 in their accounts are living below poverty line. NAIJA NEWS reports. The media personality made this known in a recent video where he stressed that only those who live in … Read more
Dickson Onyemeta, a retired level 6 officer from the Abia State civil service in the Ministry of Agriculture in 2006, said he could only boast of 12 birds he keeps in a cage.Information Guide Nigeria Speaking with ICIR, he said his plan was to set up a commercial poultry farm with the hope that gains … Read more
The World Bank Group estimates that Nigeria and the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa would experience a per capita income increase of 0.7% in 2022, which is insufficient to satisfy the medium- to long-term goals of poverty reduction and shared prosperity. In its new study titled “Africa’s Pulse: An Analysis of Issues Shaping Africa’s Economic Future,” … Read more