Juliet Jacob Ochenje
The new Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Chimaobim Edu, has assured Nigerians that the Bola Tinubu administration is passionate about alleviating poverty of Nigerians.
She said this on Monday when she assumed office at the Ministry’s Headquarters in Abuja.
The Minister said: “If the statistics of having over 200 million Nigerians is correct, then 136 million poor Nigerians is alarming and completely unacceptable to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”
She added, “The Ministry was renamed to bring back smiles on the faces of Nigerians,” and promised that before the end of Mr. President’s first tenure, a lot would have been done to address the issue of poverty in the country.
“There is need to get down to those who are underserved and renew their hopes. We are going to be very sincere, transparent and accountable to Nigerians. We are going to speak out and tell them what we are doing,” Dr. Edu assured.
Speaking further, she told the management and staff of the Ministry that she is a team player, a good listener and operates an open door policy. She, therefore, solicited the cooperation of all staff and stakeholders to realise the vision of Mr President of lifting 136 million poor Nigerians out of poverty.
