“This was coming on the heels of a report, 2017 global multidimensional poverty index which indicates that about 76.4 per cent of the population of Kano State are living in poverty.”
The United Nations Children’s Fund in collaboration with the Kano State Government has inaugurated a 30-man Technical Working Group to develop a Social Protection policy.
“Because the duo are critical factors that must be addressed if it must make any positive impact and desired change in the developmental indices of the state. According to her, “For us in UNICEF, poverty and vulnerability are critical areas that must be addressed if we are to really change the developmental indices in the state.
“And why is it important, is that the policy will drive the programme design and implementation of government’s programme around poverty and vulnerability issues that concern people at the community level. “Like I said, it is significantly important for us as UNICEF due to the poverty index in Kano. And we know that whatever we do, if we don’t address the big challenge of poverty, you cannot meet the basic developmental indices in the state.
“Issues around healthcare, out of pocket expenditure, parents can pay certain amounts of money just for the child to have basic healthcare,” She stated.
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