The Federal Government on Wednesday named Vice President Yemi Osinbajo chairman of the Steering Committee to address the nation’s worsening poverty level.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this at the end of the 43rd Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the First Lady’s Wing of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Adesina said the issue of poverty reduction was extensively debated and a new committee approved to tackle the menace.
He said it was in that line that FEC approved the National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy policy.
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Adesina said Vice President Osinbajo is to chair the Steering Committee of the new policy to provide overall guidance for implementation.
He said the council took note of the worrying situation that has eaten deep into every aspect of the nation’s economy, adding that the federal government was not unaware of the poverty level but was doing something about it.
He said the council also approved the strategy’s incorporation into the medium-term national development plan 2021-2025 and agenda 2050 and directed the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to prepare a bill for submission to the National Assembly to make the implementation of the strategy sustainable.
