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Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and national assembly candidates on the platform of the party, say if elected, they will reduce multidimensional poverty by 40 percent over four years.

The decision was an outcome of a meeting between the former vice-president and PDP candidates for the national assembly, held in Abuja on Sunday night.

In a communique issued at the end of the meeting, Philip Aduda, minority leader of the senate, said they are committed to reducing the cost of governance through “citizen oversight and a strong emphasis on curbing waste and cost reduction”.

“We commit to the reduction of the cost of government through improving citizen oversight and a strong emphasis on curbing waste and cost reduction,” he said.

“We commit to reducing multidimensional poverty by 40 percent over the next four years and putting food on the tables of Nigerians again.

“We commit to reducing our unsustainable national debts. We commit to greater investment in education and infrastructure by incrementally increasing budgetary allocation starting from the next budget.

“We commit to quick passage of bills that devolve more powers to subnational governments.

“We commit to securing Nigerians through robust conflict resolution mechanisms and improved welfare and funding of security.”

In a report released in 2022, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said 133 million Nigerians are multidimensionally poor.

You can read more on multidimensional poverty here.