Nigeria seeks to reduce poverty through skills
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Punch
Nigerian Minister Bernard Doro says sustained investment in skills is essential to reduce multidimensional poverty, estimated at 63% according to 2022 data. He advocates better training for the population to increase productivity and incomes, speaking at a conference in Abuja, Punch reported.
Nigeria’s Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Bernard Doro, on Thursday called for sustained investment in skills to reduce multidimensional poverty, which affects 63% of the population according to 2022 data. He was speaking in Abuja at the opening of the 2026 national conference of the Chartered Institute of Human Capital Development of Nigeria, Punch reported.
Bernard Doro said training should begin during the first six years of life, before entry into school or the labour market. According to him, human capital development must strengthen capabilities, improve productivity and increase individuals’ incomes as well as national prosperity, Punch reported.
