FG Planning For The Poor In Next Budget, VP Osinbajo Says

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FG PLANNING FOR THE POOR IN NEXT BUDGET, VICE PRESIDENT OSINBAJO SAYS

The Buhari administration is working out how to ensure that Government’s planning and budgeting for 2016  caters for the vast majority of Nigerians especially the over 110 million extremely poor.

This assurance was restated today by Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, while meeting with a delegation from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation who paid him a courtesy call in his office.

According to the Vice President, the Buhari administration enjoyed the electoral support of many poor Nigerians who have invested their hope in the new government.

He added that the Buhari presidency would deliver on its promises including the social investment programmes such as the Conditional Cash Transfer and the School Feeding Plan.

The Vice President also received the Ambassador of South Korea, Mr. Noh Kyu-duk who paid him a courtesy visit earlier today, and they discussed how Nigeria and South Korea can deepen their diplomatic relationships, especially in the area of economic cooperation.

The delegation from the Gates Foundation was led by Dr. Mairo Mandara, the Country Representative in Nigeria.