Buhari Reiterates Commitment to Lift 100m Nigerians Out of Poverty

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that his administration’s commitment to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty will be pursued with vigour.

According to him, the government’s ambitious policy of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty did not come by accident or “something we just bumped into,” but a deliberate one that will be pursued with remarkable grit and determination.

Speaking yesterday at a meeting with the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC), which was also attended by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the President, in a statement issued yesterday by his Media Assistant, Malam Garba Shehu, agreed with the council that the country required a poverty reduction strategy that will usher in a “rapid, sustained, sustainable and inclusive economic growth.

Speaking after the presentation of the report on national poverty reduction strategy, developed by the PEAC, Buhari requested the PEAC to present the document to the Federal Executive Council (FEC) today as part of the consultation process.

He also agreed with the council that this ambitious programme of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty is a challenging one, but one that can be achieved.

The President wondered what became of the nation in the past, “with all the resources available to it” that no such coordinated, holistic agenda on poverty reduction was ever contemplated.