FG's New Roadmap for Tackling Poverty, Insecurity

The Presidency said plans are underway to tackle poverty and insecurity through Financial Inclusion for all Nigerians. 

Addressing journalists ahead of a national stakeholders’ workshop on financial inclusion, the Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, Senator Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia, stated that, “Economic and financial inclusion are essential components of President Tinubu’s agenda to assist in integrating the underserved and unbanked into the formal financial system. 

He said that the Financial Inclusion will enable Nigerians to access a range of financial services at a reasonable cost. 

The two-day workshop, scheduled for today and tomorrow at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, is geared at sensitising stakeholders and chart a course for accelerating financial inclusion efforts nationwide.

Hadejia added: “Such services include transaction accounts, savings, payments, transfers, credit, pension, e-commerce, and insurance (including health insurance) within proximity to their place of work or residence. Economic security underlies the principle of financial inclusion.

“The Vice President and the Chairman of the National Council on Nutrition, Senator Kashim Shettima, is passionately committed to supporting the successful implementation of the national financial inclusion strategy.”