Editorial: During his speech on the maiden June 12 democracy day, President Buhari noted that 100 million Nigerians could be lifted out of poverty in the next 10 years.
President Muhammadu Buhari acknowledges cheers at the Eagle Square, Abuja, on June 12, 2019. PHOTO: BAYO OMOBORIOWO
Poverty reduction is Sustainable Development Goal N0.1: a global fight against poverty targeted at halving the proportion of the world’s people with income of under one dollar a day. The four components of the Project are farm to local agricultural market connectivity, connecting of farm to rural agro-logistics centres, strengthening the financial and institutional base for sustainably maintaining rural access and state roads, and enhancing road safety, project management and institutional development support.
So, for Nigeria to achieve SDG N0.1, there should be a special focus on rural poverty reduction. Therefore, states should cash in on RAMP-2 and RAAMP; and invest their counterpart funds, because for the project states to access the funds from World Bank and French Development Agency under the guidance of the Federal Government’s Rural Travel and Transport Policy ; the affected state governors, must provide the counterpart funds.
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