ICYMI: Nearly 83 Million Nigerians Are Considered Poor – NBS
A report by the National Bureau of Statistics has revealed that over 82.9 million Nigerians are currently living below the national poverty line, excluding Borno State.
According to the report, northern states rank poorest with the highest poverty rate recorded in Sokoto State, which accounted for 87.73 per cent while Lagos had the lowest rate with 4.50 per cent. It also stated that measurement for the national poverty line was based on a welfare aggregate – regionally adjusted per capita in the households where the value of per capita total consumption expenditure was below or equal to consumption expenditures across all households.
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