Sokoto State has retained its position
as the poorest state in the country, with 81.2
per cent poverty rate, the National Bureau of
Statistics, NBS, has said. In a report released on its website, the NBS
stated that Sokoto remained the poorest state
in the country, followed by Katsina just as
Adamawa and Gombe States shared the same
poverty rate of 74.2 per cent. According to the information, other states with
high poverty rate include Jigawa and Plateau
states with 74.1 per cent each; Ebonyi, 73.6 per
cent; Bauchi, 73 per cent; Kebbi, 72 per cent
and Zamfara, 70.8 per cent. Niger, with 33.8 per cent has the lowest
poverty rate in the country followed by Osun
with 37.9 per cent and Ondo, 45.7 per cent. Others with less than 50 per cent poverty rate
include Bayelsa State, 47 per cent and Lagos
State, 48.6 per cent. However, the north still maintained the lead in
the average poverty rate of states in the
country with North-West geopolitical zone
clinching the top spot at 71.4 per cent followed
by North-East 69.1 per cent and North Central,
60.7 per cent. The six states in the South-West recorded an
average poverty rate of 49.8 per cent, followed
by South-South, 55.5 per cent and South-East,
59.5 per cent. According to NBS, national unemployment rate
in the country stood at 23.9 per cent at the
beginning of last year. Apart from Bayelsa, Lagos State is also said to
have recorded about 48.6 per cent poverty rate
in 2012. There were no figures for 2011 but the 2012
statistics represented an improvement in the
figures released by the bureau for 2010. The Statistician-General of the NBS, Dr. Yemi
Kale, had said while releasing the 2010 profile
that 112.519 million Nigerians, representing 69
per cent, lived in relative poverty conditions. According to the NBS boss, the agency arrived
at the 2010 figure, by collecting data from 20
million households having an average of four
family members. In 2004, Jigawa State had the highest poverty
rate of 95 per cent, while Anambra, had the
lowest,22 per cent. For unemployment rate, Zamfara State had the
highest rate of 42.6 per cent, followed by
Bauchi, 41.4 per cent.

despite the northern Nigeria's long rule in the country,they still can'nt address there poverty level.
I will suggest to them to forget about the presidency since its nt affecting there ppl positively.

Hmm interesting. What is Ebonyi Is Ebonyi a state? Why is Ebonyi so poor

lol,aside ebonyi state other SE states are nt doing badly at all.

Should I expect any better? A damned state...