Nigerian Senate Seeks Establishment Of Poverty Eradication Commission

Nigeria Senate on Thursday set machinery in motion for a more potent way of eradicating poverty in the country through establishment of a commission to that effect.

First is a Bill for an Act to provide for the establishment of the Nat'l Poverty Eradication Commission and for other matters connected...

— Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) April 21, 2016

...therewith 2016 SB. 23 by Senator Ibrahim Gobir of Sokoto East Senatorial District.

— Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) April 21, 2016

The Senate noted that various agencies that had been established in the past were without required enabling laws for their operations.