Nigeria, June 14 -- President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday said his government has lifted 10.5 million Nigerians out of poverty in the last two years.

In his speech delivered to mark the nation's Democracy Day on June 12, the president said those the government lifted out of poverty include farmers, artisans, market women, and small-scale traders.

"Our overall economic target of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years is our goal notwithstanding COVID-19," Mr Buhari said.

"In the last two years we lifted 10.5 million people out of poverty - farmers, small-scale traders, artisans, market women and the like.

"I am very convinced that this 100 million target can be met and this informed the development of a National Pove...