A non-govermental organisation, Asabe Shehu Yar’Adua Foundation, ASYF, has decried what it called the uncaring attitude of many public officers, well-meaning individuals and corporate bodies to the appalling poverty which pervades the Nigerian society.

In a statement by the founder, Amb. Asabe Shehu Yar’Adua, commemorating 2013 Democracy Day, ASYF said: “The current trend portend danger to nation-building unless we take pragmatic steps to sincerely tackle the rising poverty among such people.

“Children are the future of tomorrow. We can only protect and guarantee their future if we do not neglect their mothers.”

“A nation that encourages poverty among such categories of its citizens cannot be said to safeguard its future leaders.”