FG moves to set up interministerial committee on poverty alleviation

Tamarauemi Ebimini

Federal government has begun moves to set up an interministerial committee on poverty alleviation consisting the Federal Ministries of Humanitarian Affairs, Interior, and the Federal Ministry of finance.

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, made this known at a meeting with her counterpart, Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, yesterday in Abuja.

She said interministerial collaboration will go a long way in tackling the root cause of the humanitarian crisis and poverty in the country.

Edu, adds that her ministry will work closely with the Ministry of interior in the areas of internal security, human trafficking and migration as some of the drivers of humanitarian crisis in Nigeria.

“We are here for serious business and for us to succeed, the President has said we must team up and there must be inter-sectoral and ministerial collaboration to achieve success.

“”My new responsibilities focus on covering a greater population of vulnerable Nigerians, providing them with humanitarian services and alleviating their poverty in line with President Tinubu’s agenda.

“The president is committed to seeing that Nigerians smile again, and reduce the number of people living below the poverty line to the barest minimum”, she said.

Dr. Edu said government will continue to work towards ending the misery of Nigerians caught up in humanitarian crisis and poverty.