New minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu has expressed the federal government’s commitment to lift 133 million Nigerians out
“We will also achieve the feat with the strong political backing from His Excellency, President Bola Tinubu and every member of the cabinet.The minister, who described as unacceptable the alarming rate of poverty in the country, said all hands must be on deck to address the situation.
”Of this population, the sources indicated that 136 million are extremely poor and that is unacceptable.
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