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Re: FG Dismisses Global Report On Nigeria’s Poverty Level by Einl(m): 9:40am On Jun 28, 2018
Too bad

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Re: FG Dismisses Global Report On Nigeria’s Poverty Level by anochuko01(m): 9:41am On Jun 28, 2018
idiots! always debunking their flaws nd clinging to the most tiny of achievements. decievers!

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Re: FG Dismisses Global Report On Nigeria’s Poverty Level by lexy2014: 9:42am On Jun 28, 2018
Baawaa:
Our case is similar to the children of Israel,when they left Egypt to the promised land,a lot of things happened in the wilderness to the extend that they almost stone Moses and Aaron.By God grace,We shall get to our own promised land
who are d moses and Aaron in ur story?

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Re: FG Dismisses Global Report On Nigeria’s Poverty Level by asawanathegreat(m): 9:42am On Jun 28, 2018
We are the poorest under APC regime

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Re: FG Dismisses Global Report On Nigeria’s Poverty Level by lexy2014: 9:43am On Jun 28, 2018
Sharpbobo:
GIST FROM WAKABOBO.COM

The Federal Government Wednesday dismissed the Brookings Report on Nigeria as the new global headquarters of poverty as it now has the highest number of poor persons in the world. Findings by the Brookings Institution, a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC, America, published a week ago indicated that Nigeria has overtaken India as the country with the largest number of extreme poor in early 2018 with six persons becoming poor every minute.

The report said,


“At the end of May 2018, our trajectories suggest that Nigeria had about 87 million people in extreme poverty compared with India’s 73 million. What is more, extreme poverty in Nigeria is growing by six people every minute, while poverty in India continues to fall”,

But responding fielding questions from State House correspondents after the weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investments, Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah, argued that the indices used for the report may have been complied when Nigeria was in recession .

His words:

“I think first, we need to understand when we get these reports, there are reports that are lagging in indicators which means, people are reporting on history. There are reports that are leading indicators which means that they are forward looking and of course, there reports that capture generally what you do which is current. “They are actually dealing with what is current. So, when you get reports from Brooking institutes or all sorts of people, you need to look at the context. Somebody may have written a report when we were in recession.

Remember that if you are in a recession, what it means is that even though, your population is growing, people don’t stop procreating, your growth fact, which means that in theory depending on how they run those numbers, you will be going the other way. “There is absolutely no question that there an urgency to create employment in Nigeria. And it has to be a collective responsibility.

What I can tell you, with certainty based on ones background in business and economics, is that if we complete the things on infrastructure and you implement these reports we are doing, that is what I mean by a leading indicator, poverty will go down. “There is no magic to it. But you have to do it first, you have to put in the infrastructure, you have to implement the economic programme which is what will create the opportunities, they don’t drop from the sky.

So, I think we should roll up our sleeves as a people and do the work because, if we don’t do it, our people continue to bear children obviously, they would get poorer. “So, I don’t think we should kill ourselves that poverty is something just happen. I think it comes out of the urgent need we have as a country [b]which is why we are focusing as a government to make sure that we create the enabling environment, [/b]the infrastructure and the things that are required to create opportunities for our people and I believe that will happen in the process of time.”


https://wakabobo.com/fg-dismisses-global-report-on-nigerias-poverty-level/

we can c enabling environment in plateau and Benue States

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Re: FG Dismisses Global Report On Nigeria’s Poverty Level by redcliff: 9:46am On Jun 28, 2018
Nbote:
Why won't dey rebuke, dispute and dismiss d report.. I'm even surprised it took dem dis long to react and respond to it... In d words of Lai Muhammed and d President, " Nigerians are not poor, dis govt is simply helping dem save d money and riches dey shld have now.. The previous govt is responsible for making dem so rich dat dey became lazy but we are gradually making dem becom hardworking dat they'll become rich. Nigerians are now d richest ppl in d world. They are now so rich d world jus can't see it yet''

na person for govt talk this or you just form am? i cant believe what im hearing.

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Re: FG Dismisses Global Report On Nigeria’s Poverty Level by bobnatlo(m): 9:47am On Jun 28, 2018
Clueless lots!!

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Re: FG Dismisses Global Report On Nigeria’s Poverty Level by Nobody: 9:50am On Jun 28, 2018
Did we expect a Failure to accept that he has failed ?

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Re: FG Dismisses Global Report On Nigeria’s Poverty Level by luvinhubby(m): 9:50am On Jun 28, 2018
Baawaa:
Our case is similar to the children of Israel,when they left Egypt to the promised land,a lot of things happened in the wilderness to the extend that they almost stone Moses and Aaron.By God grace,We shall get to our own promised land

The Brookings institute presented facts and figures that led to their conclusion, your government dismissed it without any facts on figures and you are still here spluttering saliva all over the place.

No let me change am for you o. cool

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Re: FG Dismisses Global Report On Nigeria’s Poverty Level by LZAA: 9:50am On Jun 28, 2018
Sharpbobo:
GIST FROM WAKABOBO.COM

The Federal Government Wednesday dismissed the Brookings Report on Nigeria as the new global headquarters of poverty as it now has the highest number of poor persons in the world. Findings by the Brookings Institution, a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC, America, published a week ago indicated that Nigeria has overtaken India as the country with the largest number of extreme poor in early 2018 with six persons becoming poor every minute.

The report said,


“At the end of May 2018, our trajectories suggest that Nigeria had about 87 million people in extreme poverty compared with India’s 73 million. What is more, extreme poverty in Nigeria is growing by six people every minute, while poverty in India continues to fall”,

But responding fielding questions from State House correspondents after the weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investments, Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah, argued that the indices used for the report may have been complied when Nigeria was in recession .

His words:

“I think first, we need to understand when we get these reports, there are reports that are lagging in indicators which means, people are reporting on history. There are reports that are leading indicators which means that they are forward looking and of course, there reports that capture generally what you do which is current. “They are actually dealing with what is current. So, when you get reports from Brooking institutes or all sorts of people, you need to look at the context. Somebody may have written a report when we were in recession.

Remember that if you are in a recession, what it means is that even though, your population is growing, people don’t stop procreating, your growth fact, which means that in theory depending on how they run those numbers, you will be going the other way. “There is absolutely no question that there an urgency to create employment in Nigeria. And it has to be a collective responsibility.

What I can tell you, with certainty based on ones background in business and economics, is that if we complete the things on infrastructure and you implement these reports we are doing, that is what I mean by a leading indicator, poverty will go down. “There is no magic to it. But you have to do it first, you have to put in the infrastructure, you have to implement the economic programme which is what will create the opportunities, they don’t drop from the sky.

So, I think we should roll up our sleeves as a people and do the work because, if we don’t do it, our people continue to bear children obviously, they would get poorer. “So, I don’t think we should kill ourselves that poverty is something just happen. I think it comes out of the urgent need we have as a country which is why we are focusing as a government to make sure that we create the enabling environment, the infrastructure and the things that are required to create opportunities for our people and I believe that will happen in the process of time.”


https://wakabobo.com/fg-dismisses-global-report-on-nigerias-poverty-level/

So ppl should stop bearing children to stop getting poorer then u tell us the report aint accurate
Sarkin is the one who wrote this report
It sounds like him grin
Cc immhotep pointzerom iceberg3 DaBullIT justiceleague1

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Re: FG Dismisses Global Report On Nigeria’s Poverty Level by Timekeeper: 9:51am On Jun 28, 2018
If you think buhari is the best president, kindly click like, if not click share....
Re: FG Dismisses Global Report On Nigeria’s Poverty Level by Bizibi(m): 9:51am On Jun 28, 2018
Baawaa:
Our case is similar to the children of Israel,when they left Egypt to the promised land,a lot of things happened in the wilderness to the extend that they almost stone Moses and Aaron.By God grace,We shall get to our own promised land
hehehehehehe
Re: FG Dismisses Global Report On Nigeria’s Poverty Level by Nobody: 9:53am On Jun 28, 2018
Ofcourse, why will they accept the report. The Minister who announced the rejection of the report and others in government have stolen "their own share" of wealth from the country. They have stolen enough for their grand children, so why would they care about the rest of us?

Sad to say but the reality is that "if you are poor in Nigeria you are on your own."

Instead of continue to remain docile and defeated, it is time for poor Nigerians to rise up and revolt. It was not this bad in Egypt and Libya but they revolted. So, the time is now for poor Nigerians to be angry, for it is that anger that will force change!

Praying and going to church and mosques for donkey years have not worked, and it will not work!

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Re: FG Dismisses Global Report On Nigeria’s Poverty Level by Xander85: 9:55am On Jun 28, 2018
This man is opening his mouth, but nothing sensible is coming out!

In one breath he says indices used for the report were compiled when Nigeria was in recession, hence the findings are not a reflection of what's on ground today (28.06.18), and in another breath he states that poverty will go down only after the infrastructure in the pipeline are completed. See how he's giving out conflicting statements in one sitting just to try and cover the shame of this useless, visionless and directionless gov't!

Also, if he's stating that the indices used for the report are old since they were taken during recession, is he saying that now we're supposed to be out of recession that whatever benefits derived are now trickling down to the masses on the street? If the masses are yet to see the benefits of Nigeria coming out of recession -which is the common belief among economists- then how is the Brookings Institute report wrong?

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Re: FG Dismisses Global Report On Nigeria’s Poverty Level by frankwyte: 9:55am On Jun 28, 2018
Baawaa:
Our case is similar to the children of Israel,when they left Egypt to the promised land,a lot of things happened in the wilderness to the extend that they almost stone Moses and Aaron.By God grace,We shall get to our own promised land
Its other way round buddy. When Isreal ack God for a king and God gave them king Saul but this way the beginning of Isreal downfall till God anointed David raised.

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Re: FG Dismisses Global Report On Nigeria’s Poverty Level by Nobody: 9:57am On Jun 28, 2018
This report is crap. Nigeria has a middle class of 40 million, the fastest growing middle class in Africa, and Africa's most entrepreneurial populace. A populace that without government support infrastructure built the 2nd biggest movie industry in the world. Home to richest black men and women in the world. With an informal economy that has made Nigeria the entertainment capital in the world...continents biggest music industry with its attendant trickle down economy resulting in a massive growth in the hospitality and service industry....this happens because unlike like most countries Nigerians do not wait for government wellfare...


Yet somehow Nigeria outstrips a country with a population of 1.3 Billion people in extreme poverty index..If this is not ridiculous then i dont know what it. These people are fighting tooth and nail to bring down Nigeria. Boko Haramj, economic sanctions, that led to an economic recession. Nigeria only just recently got out of this depression...first Human Rights watch...then the phony tale of ISIS in Nigeria...now IMF Report. No breathing space for Nigeria to catch her breath. We are being squeezed to the point of asphyxiation. There is an element of design in these problems that keeps popping up. What next? North Korea smuggling nuclear weapons to Nigeria?
Re: FG Dismisses Global Report On Nigeria’s Poverty Level by Nobody: 9:59am On Jun 28, 2018
error
Re: FG Dismisses Global Report On Nigeria’s Poverty Level by bejeria101(m): 9:59am On Jun 28, 2018
seunlayi:
Better accept this genuine report than listen to sycophants surrounding you

Imagine how long it took them to respond! Yeye govt

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Re: FG Dismisses Global Report On Nigeria’s Poverty Level by Nobody: 10:00am On Jun 28, 2018
STUPID & FALSE DEFENSE AS USUAL!

NIG. URGENTY NEEDS ONE OF THESE OPTIONS :


1.RE-COLONISATION

OR

2. RED REVOLUTION

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Re: FG Dismisses Global Report On Nigeria’s Poverty Level by Donpenny(m): 10:00am On Jun 28, 2018
zombieHUNTER:
Lai Muhammad : Nigerians are rich.. They are numerous for the international community to notice ..
lol bros u re very creative

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Re: FG Dismisses Global Report On Nigeria’s Poverty Level by Obeseke: 10:01am On Jun 28, 2018
The statement does not refute or debunk the report in any way going by what I read. It only lays out mitigating factors against the poverty level in the country.

"What I can tell you, with certainty based on ones background in business and economics, is[b] that if we complete the things on infrastructure and you implement these reports we are doing, that is what I mean by a leading indicator, poverty will go down[/b]. “There is no magic to it. But you have to do it first, you have to put in the infrastructure, you have to implement the economic programme which is what will create the opportunities, they don’t drop from the sky.

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Re: FG Dismisses Global Report On Nigeria’s Poverty Level by Legalese(m): 10:12am On Jun 28, 2018
Instead of the minister to back his own position with verifiable statistics, he's there speaking English and yaning dust.

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Re: FG Dismisses Global Report On Nigeria’s Poverty Level by franudi: 10:12am On Jun 28, 2018
Buhari is clueless.

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Re: FG Dismisses Global Report On Nigeria’s Poverty Level by donnie(m): 10:14am On Jun 28, 2018
Is this the work of PDP too?

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Re: FG Dismisses Global Report On Nigeria’s Poverty Level by Klington: 10:22am On Jun 28, 2018
What else are they good at apart from lies and denials

Nigeria is poor in every sense

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Re: FG Dismisses Global Report On Nigeria’s Poverty Level by HomeOfMe(f): 10:24am On Jun 28, 2018
Sharpbobo:
GIST FROM WAKABOBO.COM

The Federal Government Wednesday dismissed the Brookings Report on Nigeria as the new global headquarters of poverty as it now has the highest number of poor persons in the world. Findings by the Brookings Institution, a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC, America, published a week ago indicated that Nigeria has overtaken India as the country with the largest number of extreme poor in early 2018 with six persons becoming poor every minute.

The report said,


“At the end of May 2018, our trajectories suggest that Nigeria had about 87 million people in extreme poverty compared with India’s 73 million. What is more, extreme poverty in Nigeria is growing by six people every minute, while poverty in India continues to fall”,

But responding fielding questions from State House correspondents after the weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investments, Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah, argued that the indices used for the report may have been complied when Nigeria was in recession .

His words:

“I think first, we need to understand when we get these reports, there are reports that are lagging in indicators which means, people are reporting on history. There are reports that are leading indicators which means that they are forward looking and of course, there reports that capture generally what you do which is current. “They are actually dealing with what is current. So, when you get reports from Brooking institutes or all sorts of people, you need to look at the context. Somebody may have written a report when we were in recession.

Remember that if you are in a recession, what it means is that even though, your population is growing, people don’t stop procreating, your growth fact, which means that in theory depending on how they run those numbers, you will be going the other way. “There is absolutely no question that there an urgency to create employment in Nigeria. And it has to be a collective responsibility.

What I can tell you, with certainty based on ones background in business and economics, is that if we complete the things on infrastructure and you implement these reports we are doing, that is what I mean by a leading indicator, poverty will go down. “There is no magic to it. But you have to do it first, you have to put in the infrastructure, you have to implement the economic programme which is what will create the opportunities, they don’t drop from the sky.

So, I think we should roll up our sleeves as a people and do the work because, if we don’t do it, our people continue to bear children obviously, they would get poorer. “So, I don’t think we should kill ourselves that poverty is something just happen. I think it comes out of the urgent need we have as a country which is why we are focusing as a government to make sure that we create the enabling environment, the infrastructure and the things that are required to create opportunities for our people and I believe that will happen in the process of time.”


https://wakabobo.com/fg-dismisses-global-report-on-nigerias-poverty-level/

The FG should let Nigerians speak for themselves. "He who wears the shoes knows where it pinches".

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Re: FG Dismisses Global Report On Nigeria’s Poverty Level by Jimmy231: 10:25am On Jun 28, 2018
Baawaa:

You are one of the stubborn Israelites,I don't think you can get to promise land
even Moses self no reach promise land. How sure are you to see the promise land yourself?

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Re: FG Dismisses Global Report On Nigeria’s Poverty Level by Kristaz(m): 10:26am On Jun 28, 2018
But are we really out of recession? I sincerely doubt!

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Re: FG Dismisses Global Report On Nigeria’s Poverty Level by Nbote(m): 10:38am On Jun 28, 2018
redcliff:


na person for govt talk this or you just form am? i cant believe what im hearing.

It is on behalf of d govt... Dey have said it before, dey can say it again

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Re: FG Dismisses Global Report On Nigeria’s Poverty Level by Ak2fyn(m): 10:39am On Jun 28, 2018
so u just dismissed a tedious research work based on facts and figures with any countering facts and you think we should believe you... kpele

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