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Minister brags that N5000 changes the status of poor Nigerians

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The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, has bragged that the N5000 monthly intervention to the vulnerable goes a long way in lifting them out of poverty.
Briefing the State House reporters on Thursday, explaining the federal government intervention plan to pull out 100 million Nigeria from poverty, she said, arguing that N5000 is not enough is an elitist statement.
“If you look at the people that you are taking this intervention to, N5,000 means a lot to them because these are poor and vulnerable households and it changes their status, but for you and me, N5,000 is not even enough for us to buy recharge card, that’s the difference.
“But for these poor people in the communities, you have seen, they were able to save out of that N5,000.
“When people say N5000 does not save people, that is an elitist statement, honestly because we’ve had causes to go to the field, and we have seen these people that when you give them this N5,000, they cried and shed tears because they’ve never seen N5,000 in their lives. So, it goes a long way, it changes their status and by that, it lifts them from one stage to another,” she said.

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