Members of
the House of Representatives on Tuesday at a plenary session complained that
poverty was biting harder in the country and urged the Federal Government to
tackle the problem headlong.
They spoke
as President Muhammadu Buhari wrote the House on his plan to present the
2018-2020 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper to the
lawmakers.
The
President’s communication was read to members by the Speaker, Mr. Yakubu
Dogara, thus setting the stage for laying the estimates of the 2018 budget
before the National Assembly any time soon by Buhari.
The
lawmakers’ worry about poverty came as they passed a motion to mark the World
Poverty Day. The motion was sponsored by the Chairman, Committee on Poverty
Alleviation, Mr. Muhammad Wudil.
They
resolved to “call on the Federal Government to be more effective in
implementing various programmes aimed at tackling poverty in the country.”
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