Nigeria’s Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has underscored his commitment to take every opportunity to stem the incidence of multidimensional poverty in the society.
Agba said he has resolved to efficiently deploy the instrumentality of public office in empowering the vulnerable, who do not have access to education, health, sanitation and water, among other basic necessities of life.
The Minister state this while addressing a delegation from Ekwostor community in Edo North Senatorial zone, who paid courtesy visit on him in his office in Abuja on Thursday.
The mission of the delegation, under the auspices of Ekwostor United Association, was to express gratitude to the Federal Government for the construction of the Ekwostor-Ivhukwe Road, in Edo State, which had for decades, remained impassable.
The delegation, led by its President General, High Chief Sunday Ameh, also presented an award to the minister as a symbolic reciprocal gesture for facilitating the dividend (road construction) of democracy to the people of the Ekwostor community.
While receiving the award, the Minister reflected on the motivation behind the facilitation of the project, which, according to him, was his unwavering belief in rural development.
He stated that he believed in rural development and that his colleagues in the cabinet were aware of his interest in developing the rural areas.
Agba explained that he saw his membership of the Economic Sustainability Committee (ESC) under the leadership of the Vice-President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, and the implementation of the Economic Sustainability Plan to address the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic as an opportunity to direct critical interventions to the most deprived communities countrywide.
