Group wants better attention for agriculture
A non-governmental
organisation, ActionAid Nigeria, has urged the federal government to
revive the agricultural sector to improve the nation’s economy.
Tunde Aremu, policy,
advocacy and campaigns coordinator of the organisation, told the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday that if the agricultural
sector is revived and taxes properly accessed, money will be available
to improve the lot of Nigerians.
“We don’t believe in
poverty alleviation; we believe that poverty can be eradicated totally
and when we say poverty can be eradicated totally, we are also talking
about absolute poverty. People must live a life of dignity.”
Mr Aremu maintained that poverty eradication can be achieved if
Nigerian leaders do more to apply the country’s resources on projects
that are beneficial to all.
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