By Joshua Egbodo
Abuja
House of Representatives has called on executive arm of the federal government to tackle poverty in the country, as International Day for Eradication of Poverty is commemorated.
The House, in a resolution on a motion by Hon.
Mohammed Wudil on the need to strengthen the fight against poverty, also asked the government to be more eff ective in implementing various programmes aimed at tackling poverty in the county.
Wudil noted that “this year marks the 25th anniversary of the declaration of International Day for the Eradication of Poverty by the United Nations General Assembly.
” He added, however, that efforts of the federal government towards eradicating poverty in Nigeria through 2017 budgetary provision for the Special Intervention Fund to cater for unemployed youths, women empowerment and job creation were yet to make the expected impact.
He said: “The United Nations report on Nigeria’s Common Country Analysis (CCA) published by the Daily Post on September 5, 2016, described the nation as one of the poorest and most unequal countries in the world with over 80 million or 64 per cent of her estimated population of 175 million people living below globally defi ned poverty line of $1.90 per day
