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| World Bank Says 70 Million Nigerians Are Poor; Names Jigawa As Poorest State by passnownow: 2:29pm On May 15, 2013 |
The World Bank has revealed that over 70 million Nigerian adults live in Poverty, with Jigawa state having the highest the percentage of poor people. World Bank Lead Economist, Mr John Litwack, speaking at the media launch of the Nigeria Economic Report (NER) on Monday in Abuja, stated that poverty rates remain high particularly in rural area. In the report, it was noted that Lagos state had the lowest poverty rate of 22.9 per cent while Jigawa had the highest at 77.5 per cent. The report further showed that poverty is concentrated more in the Northern part of the country as against the South West where the rate of poverty is lowest. Continue here: https://www.passnownow.com/new.php?id=628
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