Tinubu will reduce humanitarian crisis: Minister assures Nigerians

By: News Peddlers 

Betta Edu

Betta Edu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, reaffirms President Bola Tinubu's commitment to decreasing Nigeria's humanitarian crises and poverty.

Rasheed Olanrewaju, the minister's communications aide, made the announcement on Sunday.

The federal government has taken over the Youth Empowerment and Social Support Operations (YESSO) and Community and Social Development Project (CSDP) projects, according to the announcement, with the start of phase two of the initiatives.

The YESSO is a social safety net initiative that improves poor and vulnerable youths' access to employment opportunities and offers targeted cash transfers to Nigeria's poor, vulnerable, and internally displaced people (IDPs).

Similarly, the CSDP provides funding for community and vulnerable group human capital development, allowing them to embark on diverse development agendas.

The World Bank, according to the statement, also supported the programmes.

According to the release, Mr Tinubu has unveiled the World Bank's sustainability plans for the YESSO and CSDP in phase 2 through the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.

"Dr Edu's Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation deemed it appropriate to

"The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation under Dr Edu deemed it fit to put proper structures in place before the smooth take-off of the second phase of the programme to ensure goal delivery and attract even other development partners, hence the recent appointments.

“The two programmes are now wholly owned by the federal government under the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.

“Their take-off will be funded by the National Social Safety Net office as signed in the sustainability plan of the programmes.

“The new strategy to change the programme structure for effective delivery based on the new mandate given to the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation birthed the 2.0 CSDP and Yesso programmes,’’ it stated.

According to the statement, the legal agreement between Nigeria and the World Bank is not tampered with.

(NAN)