Governor Sani To Empower 1m Residents Via ‘Ultra-Poor Graduation’ Programme

Governor Uba Sani has launched the Kaduna State Ultra-Poor Graduation Programme (KADUPG), calling connected the radical to articulation his medication to marque poorness past successful the state.

The politician promised to marque Kaduna State a exemplary for evidence-driven, government-led, and people-centered societal extortion successful Nigeria and crossed Africa.

Sani, who stated this astatine the motorboat of the programme successful Kaduna yesterday, said KADUPG would people those surviving connected little than $3 a time who person been identified done the State Social Register.

The politician outlined KADUPG’s imaginativeness and goals, saying it volition make a sustainable, scalable, and locally owned pathway retired of poverty.

He said KADUPG volition prioritise women, younker and persons with disabilities to guarantee nary 1 is near behind.
Governor Sani added that KADUPG would follow the globally recognised graduation approach, pioneered and tested successful respective countries, including Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya and the Philippines.

‘’Through the Kaduna State Social Investment Programme Agency (KADSIPA), we person created 1 of Nigeria’s astir credible societal registers, covering implicit 1 cardinal mediocre and susceptible households.

‘’We person worked with assorted improvement partners to fortify the state’s societal extortion system,’’ helium said, noting that KADUPG volition physique connected these achievements.

He said KADUPG is simply a groundbreaking inaugural that represents not conscionable different authorities intervention, but a bold measurement toward transforming lives and gathering resilience among our poorest and astir susceptible citizens.’’

“As we motorboat the Kaduna State Ultra-Poor Graduation Programme today, we are not conscionable starting different project. We are launching a question that volition redefine however we combat poverty, empower communities, and measurement progress,’’ helium said.

The governor, however, acknowledged that ‘’despite our corporate efforts implicit the years, we cognize that poorness remains a large situation successful Kaduna State and crossed Nigeria.