Tinubu unveils $3bn social protection, human capital programmes
— Says economic reforms must lift every Nigerian — As FG rolls out 5 World Bank-backed initiatives to tackle poverty, strengthen healthcare, education, etc By Johnbosco Agbakwuru & Progress Godfrey ABUJA — President Bola Tinubu on Thursday launched five social protection and human capital development programmes valued at about $3 billion, aimed at eradicating poverty and bringing dividends of democracy to all classes of Nigerian citizens.
According to him, the programmes represent a single coordinated national strategy in which livelihoods, healthcare, education, social protection and community resilience reinforce one another through a ward-based implementation framework involving the federal, state and local governments.
Tunji Alausa, announced the $552 million HOPE for Quality Basic Education Programme, saying it would benefit 30 million pupils, 500,000 teachers and about 65,000 public primary schools across all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
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