The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, has assured Nigerians that year 2024 would witness a renewed vigour in addressing poverty and humanitarian crisis among the poor and vulnerable.
The minister, in a new year message issued by her media aide, Mr Rasheed Olanrewaju, in Abuja, called on Nigerians not to lose hope because all vulnerable people would experience renewed hope in 2024.
She also promised to commit all resources towards pulling the poor Nigerians from poverty in the year 2024 in line with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
“This new year 2024 holds great promise for Nigeria’s economy under the great leadership of our President Bola Tinubu, who is committed to rejuvenation of the economy.
“I do solemnly assure you that the economic rejuvenation of our country will positively rub off on the poor and vulnerable among us.
”Mr President has already given us the mandate to pull 50 million Nigerians out of poverty in the next 42 months and we have the unwavering drive to meet this target 100 percent,” she said.
