Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo has blamed the country for the failure to eradicate poverty.
Osinbajo disclosed this while speaking at the 70th birthday celebration of former Oyo State governor, Abiola Ajimobi.
Blaming the past administration for lack of focus in tackling poverty, Osinbajo stated that the APC government’s social investment scheme is a comprehensive programme to tackle poverty.
“It’s very obvious that we are behind the race in eradicating poverty. The reason being that before now, there were no systematic and focused approach to eradicating poverty in our country.
“This is why from 2014-2015, the APC decided to write social investment into our manifestos. So, the social investment we are talking about is not by accident. It’s a comprehensive programme to tackle poverty.
“It’s a detailed programme and the first of its kind anywhere in Africa. The programme is very seriously scrutinized by the World Bank and as a matter of fact, the World Bank is a collaborator.”