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The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Nentawe Yilwatda, has called for an increase of funds for his ministry in the 2025 budget.
Naija News reports that Professor Yilwatda made the appeal on Friday, during the review of the 2024 budget review and 2025 budget defence with the National Assembly Joint Committee on Humanitarian Affairs, on Friday.
Yilwatda noted that the Ministry has a mandate to create 2 million jobs in 2025 and train 50,000 unemployed graduates and non-graduates under the Skill2Wealth Initiative.
He said the Ministry had procured starter packs that would enable over 110,000 beneficiaries to embark on self-reliant ventures. The starter packs were vital tools for entrepreneurship and economic growth.
The Minister explained that humanitarian needs have increased due to climate-related disasters, conflicts and man-made crises, including flooding, fire disasters and insurgency attacks that have displaced millions.
He also emphasized that global humanitarian support from donor countries has dropped and most donors are targeting the Middle East, Sudan and Ukraine.
Professor Yilwatda appealed to the two Chambers of the National Assembly that the capital budget ceiling of ₦4.6 billion will not be able to address the ever-increasing humanitarian challenges, reduce poverty and address acute malnutrition.
The Minister stressed that for the Ministry to accomplish its presidential priorities, to reduce the proportion of Nigerians living in multi-dimensional poverty by 50% in four years and create 2 million jobs in 2025, there was the need to create additional budget lines as intervention funds to resolve the Humanitarian and Poverty reduction challenges.
“ I appeal to you to provide the necessary support for these programmes. Together we can make a lasting impact on millions of lives and secure a brighter future for our country in line with Mr President’s Renewed Hope Agenda” he said.
Professor Yilwatda also stated that the ₦8.8 billion capital budget earmarked for the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA) with no overhead was grossly inadequate and also appealed for an increase in the budget of the Agency to achieve its Presidential mandate.
Speaking, the Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Humanitarian Affairs, Senator Idiat Oluranti Adebule and other members of the Committee promised to look into the proposed budgets of the Ministry and NSIPA.
On his part, the Chairman of the House Committee on Humanitarian Affairs, Abdulkadir Tijani Yobe, and other members of his Committee commended both the Minister and Minister of State for starting on a good footing
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