President Bola Tinubu has been urged to regulate how the funds allotted to totally different poverty alleviation programmes within the nation are being spent.
The decision was made by an All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, whereas talking with Arogidigba World Journal on Sunday in Osogbo, Osun State capital.
Oyintiloye, who mentioned the fervour of the president to alleviate poverty among the many plenty should not be allowed to be truncated by egocentric people, steered that each one obligatory methods should be put in place to make sure that totally different poverty intervention programmes by the president have optimistic impacts on the lives of the much less privileged Nigerians.
In his phrases, “We should encourage and assist the president to maintain eagle eye on these intervention programmes to stop diversion.
“Because the cash is supposed to alleviate poverty among the many plenty, each obligatory technique should be in place to make sure that allotted cash have optimistic impacts on the lives of the much less privileged Nigerians.”
The Osun APC chieftain additionally recommended the president on the N150 billion allotted for poverty alleviation programmes in yr 2024.
“The allotted quantity would go a good distance in impacting positively the lives of a number of Nigerians.
“The cash which is to be spent below the Nationwide Poverty Discount and Progress Technique, NPRGS would stabilise and enhance the livelihood of the susceptible plenty,” he added.
He additionally famous that the cash allotted below the 4 pillars of macro-economic stability, industrialisation, structural insurance policies/institutional reforms and redistributive insurance policies/programmes of presidency below the NPRGS was a very good improvement.
He mentioned the allotted fund would help in preventing poverty, create financial progress and employment.
Arogidigba World Journal remembers that the NPRGS was accepted by the Federal Government Council in 2021 throughout the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari to handle poverty, significantly in rural areas.
The programme is to run for 10 years (2021-2031), with an estimated implementation price of $1.6 trillion at an annual common of about $161 billion.