Our plan to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty still on course – Buhari

Buhari spoke at Alliance for Poverty Eradication

The Nigerian government under President Muhammadu Buhari is not going back on its plans to lift no fewer than 100 million Nigerians out of poverty by 2030.

The President reiterated this commitment while speaking on Tuesday, in a video message to a high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly, which featured the launch of the Alliance for Poverty Eradication (APE) an initiative aimed at supporting actions to eradicate indigence.

He expressed his administration’s determination to do more, including a massive investment in education, especially of the girl-child.

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“Nigeria attaches great importance to poverty eradication. It is for this reason that in May 2019, on my inauguration for 2nd term in office, our government committed itself to starting a new programme of lifting a 100 million Nigerians out of poverty within a 10-year period.

“In Nigeria, as in many other countries, the domestic supply chain and trading corridors have come under enormous strain. This has brought to fore, the health versus economic debate, a subject which has captured the attention of “global leaders and shaped the debate on how best to respond to the global pandemic, while allowing citizens to earn their livelihoods,” he said.