Senator Shehu Sani has mocked the present administration for failing to lift one hundred million Nigerians out of poverty instead threw 133 millions into abject poverty.
President Muhammadu Buhari had unveiled plans to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty by 2030.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Ms Kachollum Daju, had in September told newsmen that the Federal Government planned lifting was attainable, if stakeholders played their expected roles effectively.
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However, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Thursday, November 17, announced that the number of Nigerians living in poverty stands at over 133 million representing 63 per cent of the nation’s population.
Reacting to the development, Sani via his Twitter handle stated that the federal government had fficially threw 133 millions Nigerians into deeper poverty.
He tweeted;
They promised to lift One hundred million people out of poverty;now they have officially thrown One hundred and thirty three million people into deeper poverty.
