[FILE PHOTO] President Buhari
Nigeria’s minister of budget and national planning Senator Udoma Udo Udoma said the country’s government under president Muhammadu Buhari has moved over ten million Nigerians out of poverty.
Udoma’s statement contradicts a recent Brookings Institution report which listed Nigeria as the country with the highest number of citizens living below the poverty line.
The minister made the claim on Tuesday while speaking on arrangements for the 24th Nigerian Economic Summit (NES#24) in Abuja.
He said federal government had taken steps to move over 10 million Nigerians from poverty to prosperity as one of the key priorities of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan, ERGP by investing in its citizens.
The minister said the Buhari-led government had provided…
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