Agric Investment: Stakeholders Advocate Financial Inclusion, Private Participation The need to have more private investors in the Agricultural sector in order to promote growth and sustainability of all sectors has been stressed as the Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO), on Thursday in Benin City, held a one-day webinar on “Promoting Financial Inclusion for Agriculture and…

A former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof Charles Soludo, has called on the Federal Government to review the curricula of primary and secondary schools in the country to include issues on public health. Solduo said it was important to have a healthy and educated population, adding that quality education would also help…

LAPO committed to addressing unemployment — Ehigiamusoe The Chief Executive Officer and founder, Lift Above Poverty Group, Dr Godwin Ehigiamusoe, has said that the organisation, with its full staff of 10,214, is committed to addressing the perennial challenges of unemployment and poverty, adding that its financial institutions in 2022 disbursed a total of N221.7 billion…

Integration of Microcredit, Social Service Project: 5,847 Clients Empowered The Integration of Microcredit and Social Service project is aimed at improving the health conditions of clients of LAPO Microfinance Bank through routine healthy sensitisation and screening for tropical diseases. The rationale is that poverty is further reinforced by poor health or vice versa. In June 2023, 5,847…

216,048 Rural Farmers, Others Supported With N2.4bn Lift Above Poverty Organization (LAPO) promotes rural development, food security and higher income for farmers through the LAPO Agricultural and Rural Development Initiative (LARDI). In October 2023, LARDI empowered 216,048farmers and agribusinesses with the sum of ₦2.4 billion to enable them expand their business enterprises. Over the years,…

583 Poultry Farmers Empowered With N54.4m The LAPO Household Poultry Initiative (LAHPI) is aimed at improving the quality of life of rural dwellers through committed support and commercialization of domestic poultry enterprises. In November, 2023, LAHPI enhanced the nutrition and income status of 583 poultry farmers in the South-South geo-political zone with the sum of N54.4…