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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the government “change agenda is real and that Nigerians will get the change they voted for’’.
The minister stated this at a meeting with the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) on Thursday in Lagos
He said the administration had been keeping its campaign promises which centred on three broad areas – tackling corruption, ensuring the security of lives and property and the economy-.
“This Administration has been working round the clock to provide good governance and put the country on a sound footing, economically, socially and otherwise.
“We know that the past few months have been challenging for Nigerians. We are working hard to ease their pains”
Mohammed said that the administration had designed strategy to lift millions of Nigerians out of poverty.
He said the strategy would be carried out through six social intervention areas that would greatly impact on the economy as well as on lives:
- 500,000 graduates would be employed and trained as teachers while 370,000 non-graduates (artisans, technicians) would be trained and employed
- one million people (Farmers, market women, etc) would be granted loans to set up small businesses.
- Conditional Cash Transfer would be made available to the most vulnerable people (not unemployed graduates)
- school feeding would target 4.5 million school children
- bursaries scholarships would also be provided for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics students
- Rallying regional and global support for Nigeria’s efforts and boosted the morale and fighting capability of armed troops
The minister stated this at a meeting with the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) on Thursday in Lagos
He said the administration had been keeping its campaign promises which centred on three broad areas – tackling corruption, ensuring the security of lives and property and the economy-.
“This Administration has been working round the clock to provide good governance and put the country on a sound footing, economically, socially and otherwise.
“We know that the past few months have been challenging for Nigerians. We are working hard to ease their pains”
Mohammed said that the administration had designed strategy to lift millions of Nigerians out of poverty.
He said the strategy would be carried out through six social intervention areas that would greatly impact on the economy as well as on lives:
- 500,000 graduates would be employed and trained as teachers while 370,000 non-graduates (artisans, technicians) would be trained and employed
- one million people (Farmers, market women, etc) would be granted loans to set up small businesses.
- Conditional Cash Transfer would be made available to the most vulnerable people (not unemployed graduates)
- school feeding would target 4.5 million school children
- bursaries scholarships would also be provided for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics students
- Rallying regional and global support for Nigeria’s efforts and boosted the morale and fighting capability of armed troops
