FG Targets 0.6% Poverty Rate, 6.3% Unemployment Rate
The Federal Government says it targets to reduce the poverty rate to 0.6 per cent and the unemployment rate to 6.3 per cent by 2030 and 2050 agenda.
The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, said...
Nigeria’s Economic Growth Too Slow To Reduce Poverty - World Bank
The World Bank, yesterday, warned that Nigeria’s economic growth is too slow to address the challenge of extreme poverty in the country.
Meanwhile, the bank has retained its economic growth (Gross Domestic Product, GDP) forecast...
Experts Groan As Buhari Hands Over Struggling Economy
The current regime inherited a frail economy. Despite Nigeria’s economy growing by over six per cent in 2014, economic growth slowed to about three per cent by 2015 – reported as the lowest in the democratic era....
Insecurity May Worsen Unemployment, Poverty - Report
Insecurity challenges in the country which continued after 2022 may worsen poverty and high unemployment rate in 2023, according to a report by Augusto & Co, a research, credit ratings, and risk management firm.
The firm said in its...
Our Development Plan will Lift 35m out of Poverty, Generate 21m Jobs - FG
The Minister of State for Finance, Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba, has said the implementation of the new national development plan would lift 35 million Nigerians out of poverty...
KWASSIP and the Battle Against Poverty In Kwara
If there is anything that breaks my heart each time I step out of my house in Ilorin, it is the sight of women begging for money to feed. I have been very devastated about this, because...
