AFDB’s Assessment Of Poverty In
Nigeria ‘False And Political’,
Says Presidency
The
Presidency on Saturday in Abuja faulted the
African Development Bank (AfDB)’s report
on Nigeria’s poverty reduction efforts.
Special Adviser to the President on Media
and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, said that the
report was “devoid of truth and political”.
Abati said that it was inconceivable that
AfDB’s report came barely a month after the
UN gave an award to Nigeria for its efforts at
reducing poverty significantly in the country.
He recalled that the Food and Agricultural
Organisation (FAO), a UN body, at its
38th Session in Rome in late June gave an
award to Nigeria as one of the nations that
made significant progress in reducing
hunger.
The Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwumi
Adesina, represented President Goodluck
Jonathan in receiving the award on behalf of
the government, he stated.
Adeshina presented the award to the
president during a Federal Executive Council
(FEC) meeting.
Abati said that such a negative report from
the AfDB some weeks after the FAO award
was “suspicious and laced with falsehood
and political”. (NAN)

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