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Child poverty in Germany demands urgent strategic action Old-Age Poverty

Child poverty in Germany demands urgent strategic action

Eurochild member Bertelsmann Stiftung highlights several urgent concerns and recommendations to strengthen the implementation of the European Child Guarantee. A strategic response to tackle poverty is missing The AROPE index stands at 22.9% in Germany, underscoring the enduring nature of child poverty. Bertelsmann Stiftung welcomes that Germany has committed towards…
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June 17, 2025
Child-related benefits lift 150,000 children out of poverty, ESRI finds Old-Age Poverty

Child-related benefits lift 150,000 children out of poverty, ESRI finds

Child-related social benefits have lifted more than 150,000 children out of poverty in Ireland, according to the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). It found Ireland’s current system of offering child-related cash and in-kind benefits had reduced child poverty and deprivation, bringing an estimated 157,000 children out of income poverty…
bubmag
June 11, 2025
Tinubu Helping Nigeria Breathe Again, Says Lagos Lawmaker, Temitope Adedeji Old-Age Poverty

Tinubu Helping Nigeria Breathe Again, Says Lagos Lawmaker, Temitope Adedeji

Lagos lawmaker, Hon. Temitope Adedeji Adewale, has said that the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration’s effort to reduce poverty in Nigeria is yielding results as economic indices point to the country’s steady growth. Hon. Adewale, a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, said that this in a personally…
bubmag
June 9, 2025
Social protection programmes key to poverty reduction — Suhaiza Hanim Mohamad Zailani   Old-Age Poverty

Social protection programmes key to poverty reduction — Suhaiza Hanim Mohamad Zailani  

Planning your holiday getaway? Invest RM100 with Versa & grab RM10 FREE to kickstart your travel fund. Use VERSAMM10 now! Sunday, 08 Jun 2025 3:53 PM MYT JUNE 8 — Malaysia has stepped up efforts to reduce poverty in recent years through targeted social protection programmes, particularly those aimed at…
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June 8, 2025
‘North Is The Worst Hit By Poverty’ – Tanko Yunusa Slams Tinubu’s Govt Old-Age Poverty

‘North Is The Worst Hit By Poverty’ – Tanko Yunusa Slams Tinubu’s Govt

The Interim National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement, Tanko Yunusa, has decried that the north is the worst hit by the high level of poverty in Nigeria. Naija News reports that Yunusa stated this on Channels Television’s ‘Morning Brief’ programme. He berated President Bola Tinubu’s administration for not fulfilling its…
bubmag
June 4, 2025
UPDATED: Nigeria’s President confers country’s third-highest national honour on Bill Gates Old-Age Poverty

UPDATED: Nigeria’s President confers country’s third-highest national honour on Bill Gates

President Bola Tinubu has conferred Nigeria’s third highest national honour, Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR), on American Bill Gates. Mr Tinubu conferred the honour on the billionaire philanthropist during a ceremony held at his private residence in Lagos on Tuesday. According to a statement signed by…
bubmag
June 4, 2025
Atiku Slams Tinubu’s Govt Over Alleged Politicisation Of Poverty Old-Age Poverty

Atiku Slams Tinubu’s Govt Over Alleged Politicisation Of Poverty

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has claimed that President Bola Tinubu-led adminstration is using poverty as a weapon to control and suppress the masses. Atiku spoke on Saturday in Abuja during the 60th birthday lecture of former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi, themed “Weaponising Poverty in Nigeria.” Speaking on his…
bubmag
May 31, 2025
Nigeria experiencing state weaponisation of poverty – Atiku Old-Age Poverty

Nigeria experiencing state weaponisation of poverty – Atiku

Former Vice President and 2023 PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has accused the federal government of deliberately weaponising poverty to suppress Nigerians. Speaking at the 60th birthday lecture of former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi in Abuja, themed “Weaponising Poverty in Nigeria,” Atiku claimed that the current administration is using…
bubmag
May 31, 2025