Poverty and Hunger: Any Progress on SDG Goals 1 and 2 in Nigeria?
This report. however, focuses on the monetary poverty of Nigerians, measured by the proportion of people living below the $1.90 or $3.20 threshold.
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Poverty, superstition drive up reusable menstrual materials by 78%
The usage of reusable materials is larger in rural areas compared to urban ones. In rural Nigeria, 43 per cent of women used reusables in 2018. This has increased to 58 per cent of women in 2021.
Poorer Power to the People: Nigeria’s Politics of Population, Presumption and Privation (1)
As the economic fortunes and living standards of Nigerians decline by the day, with 133 of their country’s 211 million population poor, many are forced to leave the country.
Number of Poor Persons in Nigeria to Rise to 95.1 Million in 2022
A World Bank report has noted that the number of poor persons in Nigeria will rise to 95.1 million in 2022. The number of poor people was 89.0 million in 2020 and would be 95.1 million in 2022. This would mean that 6.1 million more persons would have fallen beneath the poverty line between 2020 and 2022, a 6.7% increase.
#ChartoftheDay: Top 10 States with the Poorest People
According to the National Bureau of statistics’ Poverty and inequality report of 2019, these 10 states have the highest number of poor people in Nigeria, ranked according to the poverty headcount rate. The poverty headcount rate is the percentage of the population living below the poverty line according to national standards.
Buhari’s promise to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty might be achievable in 2040 not 2030
The president, Muhammadu Buhari, during his speech on Independence day renewed his pledge to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty.
Nigerians are getting poorer contrary to Buhari’s claim
The good people of Nigeria will remain very poor for a long time to come, the 2021 report of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) revealed. Nigeria’s chances of achieving Goal 1 of the SDGs, which is the attainment of zero poverty among its people by the year 2030, appear slim, as the country’s poverty headcount is soaring high still, instead of reducing.
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Numbers To Ponder: 80m Poor, 115th Position, and the $311 Abacha Loot
For Today’ Numbers to Ponder, the National Bureau of Statistics has reported over 80 million Nigerians live in extreme poverty. Another unfavourable report – Nigeria ranked 115 out of 180 countries in the World Press Freedom Index. This signals Nigeria is not safe to practice accountability journalism.
It’s Official, More Than 80 Million Nigerians Are Extremely Poor – Living on Less Than N400 Per Day
More than 80 million Nigerians are in extreme poverty, living on less than N400 per day (approximately $1). This number represents 40.9 percent of the population