Bernard Doro’s Poverty Alleviation Agenda

Since he was named the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Bernard Doro has been relatively quiet. That could be about to change.
That is, unless the minister has no plans to ease the pain of the poor during the election period through social welfare programmes similar to those implemented by the ruling APC in 2019.
The ministry itself has been inactive after the saga involving Beta Edu, his predecessor in office, and Halima Shehu, who headed the National Social Investment Programme Agency.
But as Nigeria’s next election cycle begins, the pace of announcements, interventions, and public engagements by the ministry NSIPA appears to be increasing.
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