Govs begin project to lift 24m Nigerians out of poverty
A Human Capital Development (HCD) plan intended to move 24 million Nigerians out of poverty before 2030 commenced last Monday in Kaduna and culminated in Ado Ekiti on Friday. The plan is jointly embarked upon by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and the office of Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo. The NGF Head of Media, […]
A Human Capital Development (HCD) plan intended to move 24 million Nigerians out of poverty before 2030 commenced last Monday in Kaduna and culminated in Ado Ekiti on Friday.
The plan is jointly embarked upon by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and the office of Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo.
The NGF Head of Media, Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, in a statement issued over the weekend in Abuja, said the overall vision of the HCD is concentrated in three thematic areas which are education, public health and nutrition, as well as the workforce.
Bello-Barkindo said the Core Working Group (CWG) led by Yosola Akinbi of the office of Vice President Osinbajo, commenced its sensitization tour of the country in Kaduna where it met with Governor Nasir el-Rufai and Sagir Ahmed, the State’s HCD Focal Person.
Akinbi told the governor that when compared to the rest of the world, Nigeria is rated very low and that instead of playing the ostrich and living in denial, it is better for the country to rise to the occasion and confront the problem head-on.
Governor el Rufai, in his interaction with the CWG, reeled out a number of gains in his HCD strides which include the establishment of an ICT innovation Hub, Click Kaduna, where young unemployed people and even sit-at-home mums are finding gainful employment and making money, some in hard currency.
The statement said despite the strides of the HCD project in Kaduna State, both government officials and traditional rulers regretted that drug addiction is impeding the progress of youths and is also the cause of crimes in the state.
But in Ekiti State which the CWG visited last Wednesday the Chairman of the State Traditional Council, the Alawe of Ilawe, told the CWG that while the state is the fountain of knowledge, it is still groaning under the weight of adult-illiteracy because most elderly people were left behind in erudition.
The statement added that same sentiment had been voiced out by a traditional ruler from Zazzau who was there to represent the Emir of Zaria.
The NGF Chairman and Governor of Ekiti State who met with the CWG in his office declared total commitment to the HCD.
The CWG would be making their next stop in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.