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Number of poor people might triple due to Coronavirus pandemic - Buhari - Edoman - 07-01-2020 Number of poor people might triple due to Coronavirus pandemic - Buhari President Buhari has expressed fear of the Coronavirus pandemic making people poorer. Speaking in a recorded video message to a virtual high-level UN meeting on trends, options and strategies in poverty eradication across the world, President Buhari apprised the UN meeting on steps to revive the nation’s economy in the wake of the pandemic and also warned that COVID-19 pandemic risks reversing decades of progress achieved in the efforts to eradicate poverty globally. He said; Quote:"It is my conviction that devoting our efforts towards human capital development, efficient management of our resources, greater financial inclusion and transformation of the agricultural sector to ensure food security are crucial to poverty eradication. In the statement released by President Buhari's media aide Femi Adesina on Wednesday July 1, it was also gathered that the Nigerian leader expressed concern that more than 700 million people or 10% of the world’s population are classified as living in extreme poverty. He also noted that in Nigeria as in many other countries, the domestic supply chains and trading corridors have come under enormous strain, bringing to fore the health versus economics debate. Buhari said; Quote:‘‘All the while they struggle with the most basic needs like nutrition, shelter, health, education and access to clean water and sanitation. He also disclosed at the meeting that with a population of about 200 million; a large percentage of Nigerians live in various stages of poverty. According to him, the prospect of the population sliding further into extreme poverty is real and his government is also striving to combat and reverse the trend. |