Betta Edu
6 Jan
NSIPA and management have vehemently distances itself from any claims connecting the Honourable Minister to financial impropriety or any wrongdoing within the agency.
27 Dec 2023
For 50-year-old Eno Essien Asuquo, who had been battling breast cancer since August 2003, the Christmas season brought good luck as Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, reached out a helping hand.
21 Dec 2023
In pursuit of President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope agenda, the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation is set to breathe life into the moribund garri processing factory in Alapoti village, located in Ado Odo, Ota Local Council of Ogun State.
12 Dec 2023
The Federal Government has said that three trillion naira has been set aside in the 2024 budget for the building of one million shelters as resettlement homes for Internally Displaced Persons, (IDPs), across the country. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, made this known while on an inspection tour of just…
12 Dec 2023
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, has said that President Bola Tinubu has approved five per cent of all social intervention programmes for senior citizens to enable them to actively participate in social life. She stated this at the maiden equity and design fair organised by the National Senior Citizens Center,…
10 Dec 2023
The Deputy Spokesman of the House of Representatives, Chief Philip Agbese, has described the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, as the shining light of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Agbese who spoke to newsmen on Sunday in Abuja said Edu is the pacesetter in the current government with dynamism, commitment and…
8 Dec 2023
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured that the federal government has put in place measures to tackle youth unemployment as part of effort to stem brain drain through migration.
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