Dr Betta Edu has expressed the federal government’s readiness to lift 133 million Nigerians out of poverty, SAVANNAH NEWS REPORTS.
Edu is the New minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation inaugurated yesterday by President Bola Tinubu.
This was made known yesterday by the Minister immediately she assumed office.
She held maiden meetings with the chief executive officers of the agencies under her ministry.
The Honourable minister assured the people
of her determination to eradicate poverty in the country.
She pledged transparency and accountability during her tenure as Minister.
She stressed that the ministry will achieve the target through different interventions and initiatives aimed at lifting millions of Nigerians out of poverty.
According to her: “What is most important is that we will keep our focus on lifting 133 million Nigerians out of poverty.
“We can do it in phases, a step at a time, because with determination and strong-will nothing is impossible.
“We will also achieve the feat with the strong political backing from His Excellency, President Bola Tinubu and every member of the cabinet.
”We will play down on politics, we are here to face the real business of governance,” she said
Dr Edu, described as unacceptable the alarming rate of poverty in the country.
”Different sources of data suggest that we have a population of 200 million Nigerians, which I think we are more than that.
”Of this population, the sources indicated that 136 million are extremely poor and that is unacceptable.
”We need to bring smiles back to the faces of Nigerians. We must reach out to those who are underserved and renew their hope.
“While doing this, we must ensure that we will increase our efforts, be very sincere, transparent and accountable,” Edu added.
