North-West Govs Roll Out Regional Poverty Reduction Initiative

Governors of the North-West region have begun moves to implement a coordinated policy framework aimed at tackling multidimensional poverty through expanded social protection programmes and innovative financing mechanisms across the seven states of the region.
The initiative was unveiled on Tuesday in Kano during a two-day high-level policy dialogue on Reducing Multidimensional Poverty Through Scaled Social Protection Systems and Innovative Financing, organised by the North-West Governors’ Forum in collaboration with the Federal Government and supported by the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
Speaking at the opening session, Director-General of the N...