Buhari calls for lawmakers’ support to lift 100m Nigerians out of poverty

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the National Assembly to support his administration’s plan to lift 100million Nigerians from poverty in the next 10 years. President Buhari made this call on Monday, October 5, during a joint Executive-Legislative Leadership Retreat which held at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja.

A statement by presidential spokesperson Femi Adesina indicated that the president emphasised that a synergy between the executive and the judiciary is necessary to enable the government to easily realize development goals.

The president also said he released a nine-point agenda which will be the focus of his administration for the next three years. The statement reads partly: “There can only be one Government in a nation at a time and officials both elected and appointed in the Executive or Legislative arm must all be working for the peace, unity and development of our country. “Similarly, I unveiled a (9) Nine-Point Priority Development Agenda of this administration aimed at improving the livelihood of Nigerians within the next three years. “These include: building a thriving and sustainable economy; enhancing social inclusion and reducing poverty; enlarging agricultural output for food security and export and attaining energy sufficiency in power and petroleum products.” The president said that his ministers had been mandated to align their targets with the agenda just as he urged the legislature to align its priorities as well.

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