Tag: Poverty
World Bank to FG; Without jobs, poor Nigerians will not be...
...According to the report, sustained poverty reduction depends on creating wage jobs through macro-fiscal stability, growth, and private sector development, complemented by building human...
Federal Government to restart direct cash transfer to the poorest
WED, FEB 21 2024-theGBJournal|Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun said Wednesday that Federal Government has concluded plans to restart...
133 million Nigerians are multidimensionally poor, 86 million live in the...
THUR, 17 NOV, 2022-theGBJournal| The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has released Nigeria’s latest poverty index, (The 2022 MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY INDEX). The Index reflects...
What does moving to the 2017 PPPs and new international poverty...
By JONATHAN LAINTARA VISHWANATH
FRI, 16 SEPT, 2022-theGBJournal| In September 2022, the World Bank is set to launch a series of new international poverty lines,...
LASG urges donor agencies to make food systems more sustainable
THUR 31 MARCH, 2022-theGBJournal| Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abisola Olusanya, has called on the private sector and multilateral donor agencies to make...
Global Citizen launches a new campaign-End Extreme Poverty Now, Our Future...
…Citizen-led global advocacy group calls on governments, corporations and citizens to break the cycle of extreme poverty now
TUE 29 MARCH, 2022-theGBJournal| International advocacy organisation,...
World Bank says deep structural reforms guided by evidence are urgently...
The report represents the culmination of the World Bank’s engagement on poverty- and inequality-relevant data and analytics in Nigeria in the past two years
WED...
Billionaire entrepreneur Tony Elumelu vents fury at state of Nigeria’s economy
FRI 18 MARCH, 2022-theGBJournal| Billionaire entrepreneur and Chairman of Heirs Holdings Tony Elumelu launched furious attack on the state of the Nigeria’s economy Thursday,...
Global Citizen Live line-ups revealed for Lagos, Paris and NYC events
…Campaign urges new commitments to prioritize vaccine equity
… Feed millions facing famine, curb climate change through the Trillion Trees Initiative, defend the Planet and...
UN lauds Delta Governor Okowa on rural development agenda
FRI 28 MAY, 2021-theGBJournal- The United Nations (UN) has lauded Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta for his efforts at developing rural communities in the...