President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his
administration’s commitment to sustaining social safety nets, particularly for
the poor and most vulnerable citizens in Nigeria.
Buhari who is attending the 35th Assembly of the Africa
Union Heads of Authority and Government in Addis Ababa, Ethiopa, on Friday,
said access to education and opportunities in Information Communication
Technology ICT will also be expanded.
He spoke at the virtual official presentation of the Country
Review Report of Nigeria to the 31st Africa Peer Review Forum of the African
Union.
He said, “Your Excellencies, Nigeria’s strategic focus, as
we set out to achieve the objectives of the African Union Agenda 2063, has been
around the following: Building a thriving and sustainable economy; Enhancing
social inclusion and alleviating poverty; Enlarging agricultural output for
food security and sufficiency; Attaining energy sufficiency in power and
petroleum products.
“Expanding transport and other infrastructural development,
business growth, entrepreneurship and industrialization; Access to quality
education, affordable healthcare and productivity, social cohesion and
security; and building a system that fights corruption and improves governance.
“Nigeria remains resolutely committed to achieving these set
goals despite the challenges that the report highlighted, including the COVID
19 pandemic. The government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria remains
committed to providing social safety nets for the poor and most vulnerable in
our society, while also taking advantage of the huge opportunities offered by
the information and technology sector”.
He said Nigeria remains committed and dedicated to the
African Peer Review mechanism, having acceded to it since 2003.
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