Tag: Poverty Reduction

Nigeria needs a poverty reduction strategy to bring rapid and sustainable economic growth – Buhari

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President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria and indeed his administration will speed up efforts to ensure rapid economic growth in the country. Speaking on Tuesday at a meeting with the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) in Abuja, Buhari said the administration’s policy of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty is a deliberate effort that will […]

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Tony Elumelu delivers paper at NIPSS, tasks policy makers on poverty reduction

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Tony O. Elumelu, Chairman of Heirs Holdings and UBA Plc. has advocated entrepreneurship as a veritable solution to achieving poverty reduction in the country. Elumelu who is also the Founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation delivered a paper themed: “Entrepreneurship, Corporate Social Responsibility and Africapitalism: The Role of The Private Sector In Fighting Poverty in […]

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