President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed concern that the spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic would worsen the already bad economic standing of poor families globally. According to a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, the President spoke in a recorded video message to a virtual high-level UN meeting on trends, options and strategies in poverty eradication across the world. The event took place at UN headquarters in New York, Tuesday and also served as the official inauguration of the Alliance for Poverty Reduction (APE), an initiative of the President of the General