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Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), says about 250 million Africans go on an empty stomach from dusk to dawn. He stated this in an article recently published on the AfDB’s website and titled, ‘It’s time to nourish Africa once and for all.’ According to him, the persistent food shortages in the continent mean that Africans struggle to put food on the table. Adesina described hunger as a way of life for...

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India has surpassed Nigeria as the nation with the highest number of extremely poor people. This was revealed by the World Poverty Clock, WPC, an online tool that monitors the progress against poverty globally and regionally and provides real-time poverty data across countries. According to the WPC, extremely poor people are those living on ₦800 (less than $2) per day. According to the new data which put into consideration the COVID-19 pandemic economic effect, about...

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ABUJA — Sadiya Umar Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, disaster management, and social development has defended the federal government’s monthly national cash transfer of N5,000 to poor and vulnerable households. The Minister spoke on Thursday, February 17, during a briefing with state house correspondents. She made the comment when asked about the relevance of the initiative to the federal government’s plan to save 100 million Nigerians from extreme poverty. The Minister stated that while the...

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YOLA — Over 120,400 out-of-school children would be enrolled in schools in Adamawa state under the partnership between the Adamawa State Government and Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) across the 21 local government areas in 2022. Adamawa state Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri dropped the hint on Thursday on Thursday while launching 2022 enrolment of out-of-school children into BESDA non-formal learning centres held in Mayo Belwa local government area. “Through the BESDA Programme alone...

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The lack of essentials to satisfy one’s basic need is endemic among millions of Nigerians including children. They make a significant part the of population computed under Nigeria’s grim poverty profile. 70.3 percent of children live in poverty and 23.2 percent live in extreme poverty as per the 2010 Harmonized Nigeria Living Standard Survey. Child poverty in Nigeria is at an alarming rate with a serious humanitarian crisis brewing in the country. Despite being one...

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The World Bank said in its latest report titled ‘COVID-19 in Nigeria: Frontline Data and Pathways for Policy’ that additional six million Nigerians may be pushed into poverty due to the increase in food prices. The World Bank lamented that the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have brought Nigerian households’ food security under threat, and therefore, called on the government’s attention for short-term policies to support welfare. The report reads: “The rise in prices witnessed...

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MAIDUGURI — The World Bank has put the poverty rate in most states of the North-East at 70 per cent, adding that the region suffers from severe climate crisis and conflict which are diminishing its development. This was contained in a new report titled, ‘The Lake Chad Regional Economic Memorandum: Development for Peace’, which was released by the bank on Monday. The lender, in the report, revealed that the North-East and other regions around Lake...

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YENAGOA — Over 11,800 households in Bayelsa have benefited from the Federal Government’s social support of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) to the poor and indigent households in the state. The Household Uplifting Programme-Conditional Cash Transfer (HUP-CCT) is managed by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development led by the Minister, Hajia Sadiya Umar Farouq. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the payment resumed on Sept. 7, at Igeibiri, in Southern Ijaw...

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KANO — Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has called on the federal legislation to expedite action in enacting a law prohibiting street begging in all parts of the country. The governor who stated this during the 2nd national conference organised by the Faculty of Education, Bayero University Kano, explained that the law would compel parents/guardians to enroll their children/wards in school. The Governor decried the attitude of some parents in the northern part of the...

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YOLA — The Senator representing Adamawa Central in the National Assembly, Senator Aisha Dahiru Ahmed (Binani) has distributed 1,156 mattresses and 2,000 blankets to five certified Internally Displaced Persons IDPs domiciled in Adamawa Central senatorial zone. The IDPs reside both in formal and informal camps include Fufore, Malkohi, and Damare formal camps as well as Malkohi and Ngurore informal camps. The gesture by the lawmaker is to assist the beneficiaries accustom themselves to the winter...

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