Francis Ukwuije, Technical Officer, Health Financing, World Health Organisation, Nigeria, has blamed poor health care in Nigeria on the country’s very high out-of-pocket expenditure of more than 70 percent, with
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The Federal Government disbursed N58billion to Nigerians in the past two months under the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT). Halima Shehu, National Coordinator, Household Uplifting Programme – Conditional Cash Transfer (HUP
As Nigerians grapple with economic challenges, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammed Abubakar, Friday, disclosed that 2 million Nigerians have been lifted out of poverty through the
Women farmers in Bauchi State have been urged to explore other areas of agriculture like fishery and livestock production to fight poverty and tackle food insecurity instead of total concentration
Prophet, Jeremiah Fufeyin of the Christ MercyLand Deliverance Ministries, CMDM, has advised government on ways to better the lives of the citizens and reduce the hardship brought about the COVID-19
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has reacted to the calls for restructuring, saying hunger and poverty are Nigeria’s most critical problems and are breeding insecurity in the country. The
There is still high rate of poverty in Nigeria despite government’s effort in pulling the country out of recession, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adam Oshiomhole,
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and the Federal Government have commenced a Human Capital Development (HCD) plan towards moving 24 million Nigerians out of poverty before 2030. The NGF disclosed
The 2019 Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday called on Nigerians to insist that no one “no matter how highly placed” is bigger than
Reno Omokri, former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has opined why Nigeria allegedly became the poverty capital of the world under President Muhammadu Buhari. Omokri asserted that Nigeria became the
The lawmaker representing Kaduna Central district, Senator Shehu Sani, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari’s government against deceiving Nigerians. The lawmaker said the figure released by the National Bureau of Statistics,
Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of Science and Technology, has said the approved Nigeria Leather Policy would create jobs and position the country to fight poverty. He said this in Abuja on
