We will take 10m Nigerians out of poverty in the next 10 years - Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday September 12,
said that President Buhari's administration will take
10
million Nigerians out of poverty in the next 10 years.
Osinbajo announced this during a courtesy visit to the Emir
of Gwandu, Alhaji Muhammadu Bashar at his Abdullahi
Fodio palace in Birnin Kebbi. According to the Vice
President, the Buhari administration believe they can
achieve this in collaboration with Governors.
” The president Muhammadu Buhari has promised
to take 10 millions Nigerian out of poverty in the
next 10 years, we can believe very strongly we can
achieve it with the collaboration with the state
governors.
” We are here in Kebbi for several things and to
promote National Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises and petty traders business, and to
inspect the renovation of market in the state,” he
said.
Osinbajo further disclosed that the National Micro and
Medium Enterprises scheme was designed to help owners
of small businesses and is also expected to alleviate the
level of poverty in the country.
” We give petty traders N10,000, when they pay
back we increase it to N20,000.
“This is very good program which is designed to
help hard working citizens of this country; they
should be able to have support from government no
matter how little it is,” he added.
He also commended the Kebbi Monarch for fighting
insecurity in the state in collaboration with security
agencies.