FG will mobilise stakeholders for rapid poverty reduction - Bagudu

Abubakar Bagudu, Minister of Budget and Economic Planning has said that 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.

He spoke on Monday during the Humanitarian Roundtable in Abuja, which was organised by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction.

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Bagudu told the participants that lifting the populace out of poverty was a cardinal programme of President Bola Tinubu, noting 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.

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