Old-Age Poverty

Nigeria’s economy may be expanding, but millions of its citizens especially in rural areas aren’t feeling the impact as a result of poverty. In 2024, the country recorded a 3.4% GDP growth, its strongest performance since 2019 (aside from the COVID-19 rebound in 2021).  Yet, rather than lifting people out…

Eurochild’s vision for the upcoming EU Anti-Poverty Strategy . Despite the commitments made under the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan, the EU is not on track to meet its 2030 target of reducing by at least 5 million the number of children at risk of poverty or social…

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…

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…

Member of the Lagos State House of Assembly representing Ifako-Ijaye 1, Hon. Temitope Adewale, has commended President Bola Tinubu for his efforts at reducing poverty in the country. The lawmaker noted that President Tinubu’s administration’s effort to reduce poverty in Nigeria is yielding results as economic indices point to the…

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…

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As against 34 crore people below poverty line ($3/per day) in 2011-12, the numbers have come down to 7.5 crore in 2022-23 in absolute numbers. | Photo Credit: ANINDITO MUKHERJEE India's extreme poverty rate declined sharply to 5.3 per cent over a decade from 27.1 per cent in 2011-12 even…

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…

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…