Baba Yunus Muhammad

The Nigerian government’s Renewed Hope Ward Development Program (RHWDP), approved by the National Economic Council in July 2025, represents the boldest grassroots anti-poverty initiative ever attempted on the continent. Designed to channel resources directly into all 8,809 wards nationwide, it aims to support between 1,000 and 2,000 economically active people per ward, creating jobs, improving food security, expanding infrastructure, and reducing rural poverty. At its core, the program seeks to reverse decades of top-down planning by anchoring interventions at the ward level, where deprivation is deepest and needs are most immediate. In both scale and ambition, it stands out not only within Nigeria but across Africa, carrying the potential to become the largest decentralized development program on the continent. READ MORE..