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The Northern Nigerian region cannot be the poorest. They have food, are the food basket, reproduce well.
And we know the average Nigerian uses 60-70% to feed so how can a well feed region be thw poorest region.

Southerners need to wake up from their state of massaged ego and see the scam. Who cried "Ebi npa wa ooo" first? The southwest it was!
The north only organised that sponsored protest to play cheap politics they couldnt afford while one of theirs was in power.


Southwest has the lowest multidimensional poverty followed by SE
The fancy name of multidimensional poverty is funnier.

When you go to the north then you will understand what multidimensional poverty is

This food food of a thing, how many people eat what they really feel like eating not just what's available, irrespective of regions

That question is irrespective of poor or rich

There are many dimensions of poverty. Lack of proper housing, lack of proper education, lack of health care, lack of job opportunities and even lack of internet access is a form of poverty and etc. People in the SW have more access to a quality life.
Agriculture and being able to feed yourself is the base of any economy and once you get that right the rest should be easy with good leadership. In the late nineteenth century what Japan had in excess was rice and not much else. Their ambitious government took rice tax from farmers and auctioned the rice in markets for revenue. They invested what they got in education and production. The government will set up companies and hand it over to private players later and now Japan is where it is today.

@OP.

I am dumbfounded by the North also. To the extent I was doing research in the past to identify the problems and challenges of the North that has made the region so poor and under-developed.

I read many expert research reports stating many obvious reasons but one stood out because, as a Nigerian aware of the nuanced reality of Nigerian regions, it made sense.

It was a research paper that identified low entrepreneurial zeal and expertise as a major reason for why the North has not done better taming multi-dimensional poverty, unemployment and deprivation.

If we all think about it, then it makes sense. What do people of the North do or think of daily in comparison to the South where folks are always thinking of one hustle or the other to eat and thrive?

The North, because of the indoctrinated subjugation of the masses using religion and class discrimination plus deliberate manipulation of average Northerners to embrace ascetism etal, creates people who do not belive they should aspire to be wealthy or even desire material opulence.

It is like creating a man with no testosterone meaning he cannot function as a man. The North cannot conquer poverty or make progress until (1) they gain an Awolowo, who will insist on free and compulsory education for all Northern children. Male or female.

(2)They must also embrace and imitate their Dangotes who show how the power of business entrepreneurship changes lives of people and society.


(3) Most importantly, and impacting on 1 and 2 above, they must deliberately de-emphasise religion as a central ethos of all and every aspect of societal life.

Since 3 is unlikely to happen, as the Hausa man below insists, then I don't think things will change for the better in the North anytime soon.

There are many Moslem nations in the world doing well. The difference is that Islam is not used as a tool to suppress the people into zombie-like docility as is the case with Northern Nigeria and the Sahel nations like Niger Republic, Mali etal.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEczxfZ1s7Q?si=9d5ZVDboBeVxAbid

helinues:
This food food of a thing, how many people eat what they really feel like eating not just what's available, irrespective of regions

That question is irrespective of poor or rich

What do you do for a living?

SalamRushdie:
When you go to the north then you will understand what multidimensional poverty is

The person wey dey go farm with cutlass get mouth to talk. By next week you don't boil your maize finish, you dey wait for maize from. North to make pap and agidi. Dey there

lawani:
There are many dimensions of poverty. Lack of proper housing, lack of proper education, lack of health care, lack of job opportunities and even lack of internet access is a form of poverty and etc. People in the SW have more access to a quality life.
Agriculture and being able to feed yourself is the base of any economy and once you get that right the rest should be easy with good leadership. In the late nineteenth century what Japan had in excess was rice and not much else. Their ambitious government took rice tax from farmers and auctioned the rice in markets for revenue. They invested what they got in education and production. The government will set up companies and hand it over to private players later and now Japan is where it is today.

Proper Housing? - Housing is cheaper in the north.
Education/Healthcare - Their allocations from FAAC covers those.
Job opportunities - They dont want industries and are only passionate about political domination via religious brainwashing.
Internet - Satellite and GSM cost same for all.
Food - aside being basic, Nigerians spend 60-70 percent on it so anyone who overcomes that can never be the poorest region. Never.
Only intra-state transport is where they lack behind due to higher average distanc between locations.

CodeTemplarr:
The Northern Nigerian region cannot be the poorest. They have food, are the food basket, reproduce well.
And we know the average Nigerian uses 60-70% to feed so how can a well feed region be thw poorest region.

Southerners need to wake up from their state of massaged ego and see the scam. Who cried "Ebi npa wa ooo" first? The southwest it was!

Yet his other regions that are lamenting for 4 years straight

The north only organised that sponsored protest to play cheap politics they couldnt afford while one of theirs was in power.


Southwest has the lowest multidimensional poverty followed by SE
The fancy name of multidimensional poverty is funnier.

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CodeTemplarr:
Proper Housing? - Housing is cheaper in the north.
Education/Healthcare - Their allocations from FAAC covers those.
Job opportunities - They dont want industries and are only passionate about political domination via religious brainwashing.
Internet - Satellite and GSM cost same for all.
Food - aside being basic, Nigerians spend 60-70 percent on it so anyone who overcomes that can never be the poorest region. Never.
Only intra-state transport is where they lack behind due to higher average distanc between locations.

I don't think housing can be cheaper in the North than in the normal second tier Nigerian cities except it is low quality housing. Building cost is the same. Then I researched number of hotels per state and found out kano has less than 250 hotels when Oyo has over 1000. I wonder if it is because of religion. They should not be poor because they at least have food and should be able to build on that. Then lack of education culture also adds to the poverty because if you are not educated that is a dimension of poverty. They need to start with compulsory education for all. They just need to take it as seriously as they take Quranic education. Then they move to supporting production even if it is leather products that they will start from. Another problem they have is that their culture sees nothing wrong with begging for alms and that can affect overall productivity