President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed concern about the grinding poverty afflicting Nigerians calling on state governors to join hands with him in rooting out the affliction.
The average Nigerian is further pauperized in terms of his purchasing power on account of the oil subsidy removal by the Tinubu-led government, with prices of goods and services skyrocketing.
Consequently, the President on Wednesday directed the National Economic Council under the leadership of Vice-President Kashim Shettima to make inputs to proposed palliatives and the minimum wage review with regard cushioning subsidy removal-induced suffering.
The report is contained in a statement issued by the State House Director of Information, Abiodun Oladunjoye, in which Tinubu reportedly said, education is only panacea to stem poverty trend, and sought governors’ support in his administration’s quest against destitution.
Qouting the President, Oladunjoye wrote; “We can see the effects of poverty on the faces of our people. Poverty is not hereditary, it is from society. Our position is to eliminate poverty. Set aside partisan politics, we are here to deliberate about Nigeria and nation-building.
“We have managed ourselves very well to have a democracy. We have campaigned and arrived at our present destination. We must work for our people.
“How do we address the unacceptable level of poverty? How much are we investing in education, which is the only tool against poverty? I am ready to collaborate with you.”
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