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Slash N11.92bn For Food And Travel To Cushion Flood Victims, Group Tells Buhari, Osinbajo

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Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has told President Muhammadu Buhari and his vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo to slash the N11.92 billion captured in the N20.51 trillion 2023 budget proposal for food and travel in other to cushion flood victims.

According to HURIWA, President Buhari and vice president Osinbajo can make do with N1 billion for their food and travel next year, while the remaining N10.92 billion balance should be distributed to farmers who are affected by the flood and other vulnerable flood victims.

The human right group said the amount allotted to food and travel for the presidency is bogus and over-inflated.

The group noted that Nigeria ranks 103 out of 121 countries in the 2022 Global Hunger Index (GHI), a position that signified the nation has a serious level of hunger.

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Naija News gathered that the group’s national coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, in a statement, said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) should probe the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, over how billions of naira meant for poor was used for.

Onwubiko made reference to the Federal Government’s claim of spending about $100 million on nourishing 10 million pupils under the National School Feeding Programme.

HURIWA advanced that is contrary to the federal government’s claim, more than six Nigerians enter the extreme poverty bracket every minute, adding that the number of poor persons in the country races towards the 95.1 million projected this year by the World Bank.

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“The global lender, in its latest 2022 Poverty and Prosperity Report, said Nigeria contributed three million people to the world’s extreme penury, while the country is “home to a large share of the global extreme poor.”

“It is unfortunate and detestable that elected leaders in Nigeria should exhibit this level of gluttony and avaricious at a time when many more Nigerians are starving to death.

“HURIWA tasks the President to drastically cut down on this bogus budget for foods and travels to just N1 billion so the remaining funds can go into promoting local agricultural productivity coupled with robust a security architecture,” Onwubiko submitted.

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