Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says a country is measured by how it treats its most vulnerable citizens.
Osinbajo made the assertion in his special address at the At Risk Children-Programme, ARC-P Summit in Abuja, noting that in 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari made two key policy statements first was the plan of government to lift a hundred million Nigerians out of poverty within a decade.
He explained that the second was the strict enforcement of the laws on free and compulsory education for all children at the primary level, adding that in 2016 the rule of law advisory team was established in the presidency.
The Vice President Osinbajo recalled that in 2021, on the advice of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council, the president inaugurated the National Poverty Reduction, NPRGS Committee. He said the omnibus term of reference of the committee was implementing any other effort that would enhance attainment of the objective of lifting 100 million people out of poverty in 10 years.
On his part, Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State shared the state’s experience being the first in the federation and the pilot carrying the implementation of the programme. He commended the Office of the Vice President for the inspired initiative.
