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34 — Vanguard, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2022 TINUBU TO SOUTH-EAST: Stop complaining, I’ll address your grievances •Says my govt won't segregate but discuss issues•Promises to revive industries in zone By Chinonso Alozie & Olayinka Ajayi THE Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, yesterday, took his quest for the presidency to the South- East zone, with a promise that if elected he would address the grievances of Nigerians and would not segregate in forming his government. He stated this at a town hall meeting in Owerri while addressing South East stakeholders on his plans for the nation. Tinubu, who spoke on various issues assured: "My government will hand over to Nigerians their tomorrow. We will run a forward government and not a backward government. I am one of you and your son. My mother was a market woman and a market leader, who thought me how to make money. She thought me patience and resilience. "So, a simple technology code will be unveiled. We will bring a technology hub that will ease the difficulties in doing business. We are thinkers and doers. It does not take an atlas to archive it. "It takes common sense to bring success to life. Our party and the progressive governors shall work a roadmap for renewed hope. We shall establish industries and modernise the existing ones for production in places like Owerri and Aba." He continued: "My government will consist of people from every segment of the society and will discuss grievances. There will be no segregation. To unite the country, you have to keep your religion because it is your faith and how you want to worship your God. "Let us prove to people who want us divided that we are smarter than them. Let us vote for progress. We have what it takes and we have brilliant people to move the country forward. If you are looking for the person to achieve it, here I am. We want you to be part of the future and not align yourself with excuses. If we put our heart into something we can do it, Let us stop complaining. We can do it; it is about a change of mindset and determination." Tinubu also promised to fight corruption and insecurity. Earlier in his remarks, the chief host and Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, said: "This is a town hall meeting for APC presidential candidate to interface and interact, with entrepreneurs, businessmen and women and low-income earners to know what their problems are and what he intends to do for South-East. So, he will include them as part of what he has as programmes of what he will do for the Igbo and Nigerians. Having listened to him, in Lagos, when he addressed the business community, he captured the details and we have been convinced that we have a presidential candidate, who is ready to go." Adding his voice, the Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, said: "The South-East people are asking what is there for them. We are businessmen and some policies have rendered the South-East prostrate and these are the issues they want to addressed. And again, in the South-East we will not live by religious sentiment, we will live by good governance. "We have assured our people that based on the manifestos that we have great confidence in our presidential candidate that he will deliver.With the situation in the country, we need a businessman. So, we need that miracle you did in Lagos in 1999 -2007 to happen in Nigeria. Also, we believe you will unite the country and turn the country around for the better. Speaking also, a former Governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, said: "Tinubu has already won the war; he is just in Imo State to come and thank our people in advance." The event was attended by the national leadership of the APC led by the National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, state chairmen of the APC in the South-East zone, and candidates of the party across the five states of the South- East zone among others. Naira appreciates N445.75/$ in I&E window By Elizabeth Adegbesan THE naira yesterday appreciated to N445.75 per dollar in the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window. Data from FMDQ showed that the indicative exchange rate for the window fell to N445.75 per dollar from N446.67 per dollar on Wednesday, indicating 90 Kobo appreciation for the naira. However, the naira depreciated by N5 in the parallel market yesterday. Vanguard findings from black market traders showed that the indicative exchange rate for the market rose to N800 per dollar from N795 per dollar on Wednesday. From right: Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma,APC Presidential Candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, APC National Chairman Senator Abdullahi Adamu and Director-General Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Rt Hon Simon Lalong, during the APC Town Hall Meeting and Dialogue in Imo State . 133 million Nigerians poor - NBS Continues from Page 5 brings under one roof different Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) indicators and forms of poverty, so we can break silos and address them together. “Secondly, Nigeria is a large and diverse country. Using the disaggregation to show the vast range in the levels of poverty, we can see the precise needs for each State or senatorial district, which will allow policymakers at that level take appropriate action. How FG will use MPI report “As a post-pandemic data, it will be integrated within the National Social Register- the government’s largest databank on the poor and vulnerable. This integration will facilitate better targeting and coordinated response for social interventions; leaving no one behind. “The MPI is embedded within the Medium-Term National Development Plans (2021-2026 & 2026- 2030) as a measurement and policy tool for poverty reduction. Likewise, this year, the Federal Executive Council approved the 2022-2025 National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy (NPRGS) under which the MPI project is being implemented. “The MPI analysis uncovers differences by gender and children. Children are a strategic population in Nigeria. They are deeply affected by poverty, yet they are our future. So, we are building a young child MPI. It includes the national MPI and adds in extra information about early childhood development, which is information we require to improve their lives and life chances. “At the Federal level, these results will be used to influence the allocation of resources going forward, particularly to target sectors where most citizens suffer deprivations. “The MPI is not our only data on poverty, combining the insights provided by MPI results with data from the income poverty measurement, it provides a holistic picture of poverty, and helps to shape the path towards shared prosperity. Dimensions of Poverty Explaining the structure of the MPI survey, the NBS said: “The National MPI 2022 has four dimensions: health, education, living standards, and work and shocks. The number of indicators, and their ambition, have increased. “Security shocks were raised in consultations and have been added to the work dimension, which also now includes underemployment. Food security and time to healthcare have been added to the health dimension. “School lag has been added to the education dimension as a proxy for quality, and water reliability added to living standards. The National MPI 2022 also has a linked Child MPI. This Child MPI extends the National MPI to include appropriate indicators for children aged 0–4, by adding a fifth dimension of child survival and development. “This additional dimension contains eight vital aspects of early childhood development in physical and cognitive domains—including severe undernutrition, immunisation, intellectually stimulating activities, and preschool. While it does not offer individual-level data, it uncovers additional children who according to the extra dimension should qualify as multidimensionally poor.” Key results of MPI 2022 According to the National MPI 2022, 62.9% of people—just under 133 million people— are multidimensionally poor, meaning that they experience deprivations in more than one dimension, or in at least 26% of weighted indicators. The average deprivation score among poor people, which shows the intensity of poverty, is 40.9%. The National MPI is 0.257, showing that poor people in Nigeria experience just over one-quarter of all possible deprivations. “Multidimensional poverty is higher in rural areas, where 72% of people are poor, compared to 42% of people in urban areas. “Approximately 70% of Nigeria’s population live in rural areas, yet rural areas are home to 80% of poor people, and their intensity of poverty is also higher: 42% in rural areas compared to 37% in urban areas. Geopolitical Zone “Sixty-five percent of poor people—86 million—live in the North, while 35%— nearly 47 million – live in the South. In the least-poor zone, the South West, the MPI of 0.151 shows that poor people experience 15% of possible deprivations, while in North East and North West, the MPI of 0.324 shows they experience over 32% of possible deprivations. Poverty across states “Poverty levels across States vary significantly, with the incidence of multidimensional poverty ranging from a low of 27% in Ondo to a high of 91% in Sokoto. “Indicator priorities vary quite widely between States with very similar poverty levels, so interventions should be tailored to the deprivation profiles of each State. “For accurate budgeting and planning, it is vital to consider how many people are poor, alongside their level of poverty. Poverty among children Two-thirds (67.5%) of children aged 0–17 are poor according to the National MPI, and half (51%) of all poor people are children. According to the Child MPI, 83.5% of children under 5 are poor. The incidence of Child MPI is above 50% in all States, and greater than 95% in Bayelsa, Sokoto, Gombe and Kebbi. “The highest deprivations are in the indicator of child engagement—where over half of poor children lack the intellectual stimulation that is pivotal to early childhood development. “Child poverty is prevalent in rural areas, with almost 90% of rural children experiencing poverty. “While 6 out of 10 girls aged 12–17 were poor, among those in child marriages, approximately 8 out of 10 were poor. The MPI among married girls was also higher at 0.338, compared to 0.256 for girls who are not married. While the numbers are small, the differences in poverty are very high, emphasising the need to address child marriage and multidimensional poverty. Poverty and School attendance “In total, 29% of all schoolaged children are not attending school. This is closely linked to multidimensional poverty: 94% of all out-of-school children are poor. “Thus 27% of all school age children are both poor and out of school (with no significant gender disparities), making this a critical area in need of urgent investment. “The data profiles how many children live in households where there is inequality, with some children attending school and others not. Overall, 17% of poor school-aged children experience inequalities in their household, compared to Continues on Page 35
Vanguard, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2022 — 35 Alert advising against non-essential travel to Nigeria unauthorised, says Ghanaian govt GHANA Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has said it was not aware of any security alert warning the country’s citizen against non-essential travel to Nigeria. The ministry made the clarification in a statement on Wednesday in Accra, the country’s capital city. The ministry said an unauthorised travel advisory restricting Ghanaians from travelling to Nigeria for unimportant matters was published on November 16. “The ministry of foreign affairs and regional integration wishes to refer to the travel advisory published this evening, Wednesday, November 16, 2022 advising against nonessential travel to Abuja and wishes to state that the statement was unauthorised,” the ministry said. “The ministry is not ‘How to build capacity of young journalists’ By Elizabeth Osayande THE executive director, Africa Foundation for Young Media Professionals, Yinka Olaito, has reiterated the need to build the capacity of young generation of journalists in order to sustain Nigerian democracy. Olaito disclosed this recently at the maiden edition of media come alive forum, tagged:” sustainable democracy in Nigeria; the role of the media, his organization orgainsed in partnership with Grassroots News for students of mass communication, and midcareer journalists. According to the media practitioner: “We discovered that changing the older generation is difficult. And if you are going to change the narrative, go to the next generation. Capacity development is one major thing that you need to do to be able to build the skill. If you are doing to change anything, you must build the capacity. “The future of democracy still looks bleak after over 20 year. Nevertheless, our democracy must be sustained. And the media has a role to play,” he said. Olaito added that “We also discovered that when you build the capacity of people and you reward them, they work more. So, out of the 90 participants at our media training, across Nigeria, these 14 distinguished themselves, and we thought that rewarding them will motivate others to strive to be better. aware of any threat targeted at Ghanaians who continue to live in harmony with their Nigerian brothers and sisters. “The ministry of foreign affairs and regional integration regrets any inconvenience this may have caused to the travelling public.” Earlier, the US, UK and Canadian governments had issued a security alert warning of increased terror attacks in Nigeria, particularly, the federal capital territory (FCT). From left: Navy Captain, Tunji Shelle, former state Chairman & Director, Election Management Committee, PCC; Taofeek Gani, former State Publicity Secretary, PDP; and Adedeji Doherty,Chairman PCC, Lagos state; during the PDP peaceful march from Fadeyi to Maryland in Lagos, yesterday 133 million Nigerians poor - NBS Continues from Page 34 2% of non-poor schoolaged children. “Gender disparities continue to greatly affect the overall population, with 1 in 7 poor people (18.6 million) living in a household in which a man has completed primary school, but no woman has done so. “Across Nigeria, 4.4 million people, 2.1% of the population, live in households with a pioneer child—a child who has completed six years of schooling and lives in a household where no adult has completed six years of schooling” NBS recommendations In terms of recommendations, the NBS recommended that “The National MPI 2022 as an official monitoring indicator for the initiative lifting 100 million people out of poverty by 2030, to complement the monetary indicators. “The National MPI 2022 to report and share progress on poverty reduction via both the Global SDG Indicators Database (as 1.2.2) and Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs). “The National MPI should be regularly updated, using an appropriate survey vehicle. Integration of the National MPI 2022 with the National Monitoring and Evaluation Framework at the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning (MFBNP) is essential. “Incorporate the National MPI into medium and long-term strategies (such as the National Development Plan) with appropriate targets. “Prioritise and accelerate the implementation of existing national policies and action plans that have an impact on clusters of deprivations that are particularly high at a national or sub-national level “Adopt a national strategy to accelerate the sustainable transition to clean cooking fuels and technologies, given that more than half of the population who are multidimensionally poor cook with dung, wood or charcoal Set child poverty reduction as a top national priority, as more than half of all poor people are children. “Early childhood development policies must be strengthened and accelerated. The nutrition of children aged 0–4 must be prioritised as this population cannot wait; policies to increase school enrolment and attendance should also be prioritised, as should policies to end child marriage. “Alongside previous policy recommendations, prioritise interventions in rural areas, where 80% of all multidimensionally poor people live. “Adopt a programme aimed at promoting employment and alleviating shocks for households with at least one PLWD. “Continue to include MPI data in the National Social Register (NSR) to ensure that targeting takes into account people who are multidimensionally poor. “Promote the poverty dashboard so nongovernmental actors can access and use National MPI data to target their programmes.” NBS poverty report, not contestable— NECA Reacting, Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, said with high inflation rate making nonsense of the disposable income of the masses and businesses challenged on all fronts, the figure by the NBS is not contestable. Director-General of NECA, Wale-Smatt Oyerinde told Vanguard that “The NBS report that 63 percent of Nigerians, that is about 133 million are poor, cannot be far from the truth. With high inflation rate making nonsense of the disposable income of the masses and businesses challenged on all fronts, the figure by the NBS is not contestable. “Over the past months, prices of food items have continued to rise as inflation has remained high, even as farmers are not yet totally free to plant and harvest their crops. To make matters worse, the recent flood disrupted the economic potential and means of sustenance of many Nigerians, further pushing them below the poverty line. “To address this drift, government must take deliberate steps to address the fiscal and monetary quagmire that has tended to impoverish many than lift them out of poverty. Probusiness regulations should be deepened to enable business growth in order to generate more employment.” APC leaving behind poverty as legacy-PDP Campaign Reacting to the MPI 2022 report, the Atiku-Okowa Presidential Campaign said the outgoing Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress administration was leaving behind an inglorious record of grinding poverty occasioned by an abysmal performance in education and health among other indices of development. Special Assistant , Public Communication to Atiku Abubakar, Phrank Shaibu, said the latest report by the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics, which says 63 percent of Nigerians are poor has underlined the fact that the number of Nigerians living in poverty is alarming but this latest report by the National Bureau of Statistics about the multidimensional height of our poverty level calls for concern. “This,” he said, “is even more so that, in Buhari’s Nigeria, there have been no convincing measures being taken to indicate that anything concrete is being done about it. “He said, “Included in this troubling reality is that over 23 million youths, mostly educated and potentially productive, are unemployed. This development portends only one thing: a threat to the security and stability of the Nigerian nation. “From the monetary perspective, the Central Bank of Nigeria, whose job it is to check inflation claims that it is doing its best to ensure that the overall prices for goods and services remain low, stable and predictable even as records on the ground point to the contrary. “Although the Buhari administration claims to be empowering potential investors; big and small so as to improve people’s lives, records show that 54.7 percent of Nigerians are financially excluded due to low level bank penetration in the country, and that beside the 916 Microfinance Banks, the 24 ‘big banks’ have only a little over 6000 branches, mostly concentrated in a few urban centres. He further said: “To worsen matters, the social safety net scheme introduced by the Federal Government in 2016, to tackle poverty and hunger has not made any significant impact owing to poor implementation, corruption allegation and politicisation. “Only a sensible government will reckon that by redirecting public expenditure away from recurrent expenses and unnecessary consumption back to capital projects, the government can have positive impact on incomes and employment. “Such newly-employed individuals can in turn pay their bills, rent and essentials, thus providing income to the farmers, herdsmen, landlords and the like. “Industrial policy, the kind that is encapsulated in Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s blueprint, is another area to concentrate on. “A nation of 200 million people cannot abandon its manufacturing sector in favour of importation. We must ensure that most of what we eat, drink, wear or otherwise use on daily basis are locally produced, thereby creating local employment and saving foreign exchange. “The current policy thrust may give the government additional revenue but it is actually wasting scarce resources and generating more jobs and incomes for foreign countries. “Even within the industrial sector, more employment opportunities need to be created. The worn excuse that the sector does not generate much employment because it is capital intensive has been discredited by the example of big countries like Russia and Brazil, as well as small ones like Trinidad and Tobago. “So far, we seem to focus mainly on what taxes, fees or royalties we can extract rather than developing the upstream and downstream sectors, through the creation of integrated complexes to provide chemicals, plastics and other industrial inputs for our industrial uses and export. The days of simply exporting crude should by now have been over.““It is for the purpose of departing from Buhari’s legacy of poverty that Atiku’s policy document code-named Unity-SEED, which stands for Unity, Security, Economy, Education and Devolution of power to states and local governments lays emphasis on Promoting diversification and linkages between agriculture, industry and micro and small enterprises. Shaibu maintained, “Although the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate believes that the oil sector shall remain key to Nigeria's development as it continues to provide fiscal resources for investment in economic and social infrastructure, his plan is to give priority to the promotion of sustained nonoil sector growth and enhanced linkages between the oil and non-oil sectors. “In pursuit of a policy of diversification, Atiku shall support the development of a commercially-driven, technology-proficient agriculture which ensures food security and interfaces with the manufacturing sector for the supply of raw materials.
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