Minister seeks holistic approach to poverty eradication 

Minister of State for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr. Yusuf Tanko Sununu has called for a holistic approach to addressing poverty in Nigeria.

The minister said there is need for collaboration between his ministry and stakeholders to address poverty holistically, as government cannot do it alone.

A press statement issued by the director Information and Public Relations of the ministry, Mrs. Iliyah Ishaku, quoted Dr. Sununu as giving the advice when he received in audience, a delegation from the Niger Delta People’s Salvation Front (NDPSF) in his office in Abuja.

Dr. Sununu said there was the need for formal engagement with stakeholders on humanitarian affairs and poverty reduction “to deliberately work towards the establishment of a National Council on Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, a forum where all stakeholders will brainstorm and chat a way forward for the Nigerian humanitarian sector.”

He further disclosed that the Ministry is working on formulating the National Humanitarian Response Plan.

“The Ministry will look at the national humanitarian crises and provide a national plan for the country”, Dr. Sununu added. 

He appreciated the founder of NDPSF, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari  through the group, for supporting President Bola Ahmed Tinubu by addressing youth restiveness in the Niger Delta region.

Earlier, the national chairman of NDPSF and leader of the delegation, Alabo Engr. Obomate Harry, said the delegation was in the ministry to seek partnership with and to compliment what the ministry was doing in job creation, skill acquisition and uplifting the vulnerable.