Buhari Reiterates Commitment to Reduction of Extreme Poverty

  •  Buhari reminds the gathering of his administration’s commitment to lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty.
  • Says iSDG Model will serve as a framework for robust, fact-based policy analysis, planning and implementation at all levels of government.

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that reducing extreme poverty and hunger is one of the cardinal objectives of his administration.

The president stated this on Tuesday in New York in his keynote address at the Nigeria High-Level Side-Event on “SDG Integration – Bridging the Policy Planning – Budgeting Gap for the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals,” which held on the margins of the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA74).

The President noted that his administration had in May 2019 promised to lift approximately 100 million Nigerians out of poverty within a 10-year period, adding that it is a national development priority and in line with the aspirations of the SDGs.

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“We have since established an ambitious National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) targeting the poor and vulnerable members of the Nigerian population.

“Through the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP), we are tackling and addressing the root causes of poverty in all its manifestations. For example, the Home Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSF) component is feeding almost 10 Million school pupils daily and empowering over 90, 000 local catering staff across the country.”
On the need to overcome ad hoc planning for the SDGs, President Buhari said among others.

“It was our genuine desire for scientific planning and implementation of the SDGs that made Nigeria to commence the process of domestication and customization of the Integrated Sustainable Development Goals Model in 2017.”

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Speaking on the iSDG Model launched on Tuesday,  Buhari said it will serve as a framework for robust, fact-based policy analysis, planning and implementation at all levels of government.

“It is expected to be used as a planning tool to complement existing ones currently in use at the national, sectoral and sub-national levels,” he said.

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