 The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betah Adu, has sounded an alarm over the inadequacy of the 2024 budget allocated to her ministry, emphasizing that it falls short in effectively combating poverty in Nigeria. This revelation came during the defence of her ministry's budget before the joint National Assembly Committee on Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation chaired by Senator Idiat Adeboli. Dr. Adu highlighted that the allocated budget of 532.5 billion era, while representing 28% increase from the 2023 budget, did not align with the current inflation rate of 27.33%. There's much left to be desired. The budgetary releases were not adequate, and we hope that there would be a tremendous improvement in 2024.