Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, yesterday, said the Renewed Hope Ward Development Programme, recently launched by President Bola Tinubu, was designed to ensure that citizens experienced the benefits of the ongoing economic reforms.
Bagudu spoke when the president of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Dr Haruna Yahaya, paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja.
He stated that the plan, which would engage over 10 million economically active persons across the 8,809 wards nationwide, aimed at going beyond palliatives to achieve genuine empowerment by directing development efforts at the grassroots level.