The Presidency on Saturday faulted the African Development Bank’s
report on Nigeria’s poverty reduction efforts.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr.
Reuben Abati, said that the report was “devoid of truth and
political”.
Abati said that it was inconceivable that AfDB’s report came barely a
month after the United Nations gave an award to Nigeria for its
efforts at reducing poverty significantly in the country.
He recalled that the Food and Agricultural Organisation, a UN body, at
its 38th Session in Rome in late June gave an award to Nigeria as one
of the nations that made significant progress in reducing hunger.
The Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, represented
President Goodluck Jonathan in receiving the award on behalf of the
government, he stated.
Adeshina presented the award to the President during a Federal
Executive Council meeting.
Abati said that such a negative report from the AfDB some weeks after
the FAO award was “suspicious and laced with falsehood and political”.
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