By Tony Obiechina Abuja
The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, says all government agencies, particularly the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, will be mobilised to develop poverty reduction programmes that can attract private money and investment.
Bagudu spoke during the Humanitarian Roundtable, organised by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction in Abuja.
The minister informed the participants that lifting the populace out of poverty was a cardinal programme of President Bola Tinubu.
He noted that the administration would continue to work with development partners and other stakeholders to ensure a massive reduction of people below the poverty line in the country.
“We are determined to support our hardworking people in participating meaningfully in the local economy to generate profitable and efficient activities that can give them the income they need to escape poverty.
That is a model of humanitarian and poverty reduction that we are seeking to achieve,” he said.
