Monday, 7 September 2015

Ondo Caring Heart Designed to Fight Poverty, Says Mimiko - Aeronews247

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Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko


Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, has revealed that the motive behind the Caring Heart programmes of his government is to fight poverty, even as he urged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government to come up with a clearly defined  economic policy that will not put Nigerians in confusion.

He advised the federal government to pursue its privatisation policy with genuine interest to promote the interest of the masses and not the one that will promote monopoly at the detriment of the poor masses.
Mimiko made the submissions at the weekend in Akure during the sixth Gani Fawehinmi Annual Memorial Lecture and Tributes.
The event, which was held at the state Cultural Centre, Akure, attracted human rights activists from across the country, including the former governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, who chairman the occasion; the  Chairman, National Conscience Party (NCP), Dr Tanko Yinusa, and the Chairman of Gani Fawehinmi Memorial Organisation, Ayodele Akele among others.
The governor, while charging the Buhari-led government on a clearly defined economic policy, noted that the essence of his administration in is to fight poverty through its Caring Heart programmes of qualitative education, healthcare, urban renewal and equality.


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