LAPO IN THE NEWS

Jonathan to speak at Lift Above Poverty event in Abuja   Prof Adeleye, Dr Ehanire, others to speak on health and poverty Former president, Goodluck Jonathan, who just bagged global status as a world diplomat and peace ambassador, will make a rare presence in Abuja to speak to Nigerians on fighting poverty through health schemes. Read More

LAPO Boosts Rural Agriculture, Supports Farmers With N11bn Lift Above Poverty Organi­zation (LAPO), on Tuesday, declared that it has improved the livelihood of rural farm­ers as well as supported micro-businesses with the disbursement of N11 billion between January and July this year 2021. This it said was carried out under the LAPO Rural Devel­opment Initiative Read More

LAPO Improves Health Conditions Of 22 Million Community Members Lift Above Poverty Organization (LAPO) says it has improved the health conditions of no fewer than 22,120,529 targeted community members across the country between January and June 2021. A total of 212,020 persons were reached through direct intervention by LAPO health community workers while 21,908,509 community Read More

LAPO rewards 30 outstanding staff with automatic promotion     As part of incentives to boost productivity and performance, the management of Lift Above Poverty Organization (LAPO) has rewarded 30 staff with automatic promotion between 2019 and 2020. Godwin Ehigiamusoe, chief executive officer of LAPO made the disclosure weekend during the 2019/2020 annual staff long Read More

  LAPO partners MfB, re-launches integration project     An organisation, Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO), has re-launched its integration project with LAPO Microfinance Bank (MfB) which ensured that clients of the bank equally had access to health services. LAPO’s executive director, Dr. Honestus Ayo Obadiora, said the project was structured to improve the health status of Read More

IFC and Nigeria’s LAPO Partner to Expand Microfinance Lending in Sub-Saharan Africa Lagos, Nigeria, April 28, 2021— To help expand banking services to low-income populations in sub-Saharan Africa, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) today announced a partnership with the Lift Above Poverty Organization (LAPO), which is seeking to expand its microfinance business to some of Read More

‘Nutrition key to ending child, maternal mortality’   Nutrition is key to Nigeria ending child and maternal mortality, a Non-Governmental Organisation, the Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO), has said. Its Executive Director, Honestus Obadiora, stated this while speaking at the 2021 International School Meals Day (ISMD) organised by LAPO in Lagos. Obadiora said the theme Read More

NGO seeks proper nutrition for Nigerian children   By Esther Onyegbula A Non-Governmental Organisation, Lift Above Poverty Organisation, (LAPO), has called for concerted efforts to ensure proper nutrition for Nigerian children in order to protect their overall well-being. Mr Honestus Obadiora, Executive Director, LAPO made the call while speaking at the 2021 International School Meals Read More

Int’l Women’s Day: LAPO gives out N0.9m to women for contributing to growth, development of Nigeria As part of activities to commemorate 2021, International Women’s Day, the Lift Above Poverty Organization (LAPO) doled out N0.9 million to three women for their outstanding contributions to professional, agriculture and business sectors in the country. The three awardees Read More

Organisation Urges Recognition Of Women’s Contributions To Nation Building         The Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO) Group, has called for the continued recognition of the achievements of women to societal development. Dr Osarenren Emokpae, Chairman, Board of Directors, LAPO, made the call during the 9th edition of the organisation’s Outstanding Women Leadership Read More