Buhari Outlines Strategy For Eradicating Poverty By 2030
Thompson Nsisongabasi
Dec 11, 2020
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has reassured citizens that his government is not kidding about poverty alleviation.
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Buhari said that no government has come up with programs that will help the youth has improved the efforts of his administration.
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Speaking on Twitter, the president said the number of people benefiting from his government's policies had increased.
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Buhari made this known on Thursday, December 10, 2020, at 4:09 p.m.
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"We remain committed to the plan to lift 100m Nigerians out of poverty." Said the President.
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@MBuhari said: "We remain committed to the plan to lift 100m Nigerians out of poverty. To this end I have approved an increase in scope of our Social Investment Programme: Doubling of npower_ng beneficiaries to 1 million; 1 million new geep_ng".
The incumbent APC government has introduced the GEEP Government Enterprise and Empowerment Program to support the less privileged.
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