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Sunday, July 21, 2013

The Nation: Social protection policy coming in Lagos

The Nation
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Social protection policy coming in Lagos
Jul 21st 2013, 23:00, by Okwy Iroegbu-Chikezie

THE Lagos State Government is putting finishing touches to unveil its Social Protection Policy, Commissioner, Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget, Mr. Ben Akubueze, has said.

He disclosed this while speaking on the need to pilot social protection project in urban slums in the state.

He said the state has been proactive in designing and implementing programmes and schemes targeting the most vulnerable sectors of the population, especially women and children and also working on policy to make it iron cast.

He said with the target date for achievement of the Milennium Development Goals (MDGs) fast approaching, it has become necessary for policy makers to search for a more veritable replacement for this global development agenda.

The tools the commissioner noted would include: "Strengthening our communities and empowering our people to discover and utilise creative, innovative, indigenous and home-grown approaches to solving generic and peculiar problems."

He said the government was aware of the need to focus on building internal capacity to evaluate unique challenges and also address same with easily accessible indigenous resources.

On the need for the policy tool, Akabueze said it has the potential to achieve much as the concept supports long-term programmes to help eliminate the underlying causes of poverty.

He said: "We are, indeed, conscious of the fact that one of the best ways to stimulate development is to protect and promote the livelihood and welfare of the poor and vulnerable in our state. We recognise the state's peculiar challenges, the greatest of which remain a burgeoning population, coupled with inadequate finances."

In her response UNICEF Nigeria, Representative, Ms. Jean Gough, said though the past two decades have seen aggregate progress towards the achievement of several MDGs and targets, heartening global and national averages have hidden growing disparities in the lives of children.

 

 

 

 

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