Umahi blasts NBS for rating Ebonyi as fourth poorest state in Nigeria

Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, on Monday, cautioned the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) over alleged rating of the state as the fourth poorest state in Nigeria and first in South East zone in economic development. Umahi, who spoke to journalists in Abakaliki through his Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Barr. Uchenna Orji, said

Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, on Monday, cautioned the National Bureau of Statistics over alleged rating of the state as the fourth poorest state in Nigeria and first in South East zone in economic development.

According to him: “I describe the method as a neocolonial model for Africa where questionnaires are used on trial and error basis to determine the consumption expenditures of households. “Poverty index is an element in the plethora of economic indices, but the standards, parameters and yardsticks for assessments of economic development are many and mutually inclusive.

Umahi, noted further that the basis of using NLSS methodology by NBS was that calculation of consumption expenditures had an advantage of being comparatively easier to calculate since household income might come from multiple sources across different seasons.

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