The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha has said the administration of president Muhammadu Buhari, has begun putting in place institutional structures to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in the next 10 years.

Mustapha who spoke to journalists in Yola on Sunday, at the Yola International Airport, also considered his reappointment by Buhari as confirmation of the confidence the President reposed in him in his discharge of the duties of the office of the SGF.

According to him, the pledge by the president to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty, which he made, in his democracy Day Broadcast, is one of the boldest statement to have ever been made by any president.

He said he was convinced that the pledge is not a ruse because the administration has already set in motion an agenda to redeem that pledge. He also urged every patriotic Nigerian to key into the government’s plans and cooperate with the administration and make it feasible.

“It is the boldest statement coming from the President. The president has already set the agenda to redeem that pledge by providing an institutional framework that will encourage lending to small and medium scale enterprises.”

The SGF, who also stated that there has been a remarkable improvement in security across the country, noted that he had nothing against those who also wanted his seat.

He pointed out that he personally did not consider the aspirations of anyone who wanted his seat as SGF ‘altogether negative’.

He however said, he was thrilled, overwhelmed and excited by his re-appointment, adding that he considered it a confirmation of the confidence President Muhammadu Buhari reposed in him piloting the affairs of state as Secretary to the Government of the Federation.

“The last couple of days I have been weighed down by the enormity of the responsibility of the office and the trust that has been bestowed in my hands. But I am also conscious this is a trust, I must do everything consciously to honour God and the president for the confidence reposed in me in piloting the affairs of state as SGF.”

TheCable understands that at least three million Nigerians have slipped into extreme poverty between November 2018 and February 2019.

According to the World Poverty Clock, created by Vienna-based World Data Lab, 91.16 million Nigerians were living below a dollar a day as of February 13, 2019.

In June 2018, the Brookings Institution projected that Nigeria had overtaken India, as the poverty capital of the world, with 86.9 million extremely poor people.

This was further confirmed by the British Prime Minister Theresa May, who said Nigeria had become home to the largest number of very poor people in the world, putting the figures at 87 million.

Today, India has 48.7 million people living in poverty, from 73 million in June 2018. By implication, India has pulled out a minimum of 24 million people from poverty in less than eight months

Benekruku:
God bless His Excellence, President Mohammadu Buhari (GCFR) Sincerely, Call him a snail and I would agree. But we Nigeria moved at this snail speed for the 16 years of PDP rule, we definitely would not find ourselve where we stand today.

Slow and steady, we would get to that spot, where we outrightly belong.Once again, God bless His Excellence, President Mohammadu Buhari (GCFR)

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Abeymills:
For all d pain n misery u caused me n my family buhari u and all ur supporters will get double of it my life was fine until u became d president even from a distance u reek of evil now ur intentions are clear u determine wat happen in d lives of millions of Nigerians but u choose to destroy our lives n happiness God will judge u