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By Joseph Erunke THE A total of 26.8 million extremely poor Nigerians have so far been captured in the national social register of the National Social Investment Programme,the federal government has said. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development,Sadiya Umar Farouq, who said this Tuesday,in Abuja, explained that the number was out of
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By Ibrahim HassanWuyo The Kaduna Social Protection Accountability Coalition (KADSPAC) has condemned the looting of CACOVID palliatives stored at a private property in Barnawa area. The items were meant for the poor and vulnerable households in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Jessica Bartholomew Chairperson, Kaduna Social Protection Accountability Coalition (KADSPAC),said in a statement
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…Global statistics expected to reach 150 million by 2021- World Bank …Govt must give support to organised business to strive, flourish; tackle insecurity — Economists, Analysts …Improving ease of business will attract investment — Experts By Peter Egwuatu There are indications that Nigeria’s poverty level may have further deteriorated as the latest reports of the
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GENERAL Overseer of High Tower Prayer Ministry Inc, Prophet Rufus Ikotun said that as long as people believe in prayer than work, many Nigerians will continue to live in extreme poverty.
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Quite a number of factors have combined to keep a large number of people poor and down trodden in Cross River State against the obvious fact that the state is endowed with diverse and rich natural resources.
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A United States-based author and veteran journalist, Mr Tony Oyatedor has identified poverty and poor leadership as major factors that gave room for the emergence of Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria.
Read More The Economist Magazine has, in its review on Thursday, revealed that Nigerians became poorer, and in fact, have become the poorest citizens of a country in the whole world, under President Muhammadu Buhari’s first term in office.
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The Federal Government has registered 3, 031, 065 individuals and 755, 112 households in the ongoing National Social Register (NSR) being handled by the National Social Safety-Nets Coordinating Office (NASSCO)
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Nigerians have taken to the micro-blogging site, Twitter, to descend on the director, strategic communications of President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 presidential campaign, Festus Keyamo, SAN, over his recent statement that President Muhammadu Buhari is a friend of the poor.
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OUR fundamental problem in Nigeria isn’t the quality of our elections, our problem lies at the heart of our understanding of democracy: up until recently, we had no institutionalized forms of welfare or commitment to equality and social justice.
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