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Nigerians Living In Poverty Rise To Nearly 61%-bbc(photos) by Anambralstson: 7:46pm On Apr 11, 2020 |
Poverty has risen in Nigeria, with almost 100 million people living on less than a $1 (£0.63) a day, despite economic growth, statistics have shown. The National Bureau of Statistics said 60.9% of Nigerians in 2010 were living in "absolute poverty" - this figure had risen from 54.7% in 2004. The bureau predicted this rising trend was likely to continue. Nigeria is Africa's biggest oil producer but the sector has been tainted by accusations of corruption. According to the report, absolute poverty is measured by the number of people who can afford only the bare essentials of shelter, food and clothing. North-south divide The NBS, a government agency, said there was a paradox at the heart of Nigeria as the economy was going from strength to strength, mainly because of oil production - yet Nigerians were getting poorer. "Despite the fact that the Nigerian economy is growing, the proportion of Nigerians living in poverty is increasing every year, although it declined between 1985 and 1992, and between 1996 and 2004," head of the NBS bureau Yemi Kale said. Oil accounts for some 80% of Nigeria's state revenues but it has hardly any capacity to refine crude oil into fuel, which has to be imported. Last month, there was a nationwide strike when the government tried to remove the subsidy on fuel, angering many Nigerians who see it as the only benefit they received from the country's vast oil wealth. The NBS said that relative poverty was most apparent in the north of the country, with Sokoto state's poverty rate the highest at 86.4%. In the north-west and north-east of the country poverty rates were recorded at 77.7% and 76.3% respectively, compared to the south-west at 59.1%. BBC Africa analyst Richard Hamilton says it is perhaps no surprise that extremist groups, such as Boko Haram, continue to have an appeal in northern parts of the country, where poverty and underdevelopment are at their most severe. The report also revealed that Nigerians consider themselves to be getting poorer. In 2010, 93.9% of respondents felt themselves to be poor compared to 75.5% six years earlier. Mr Kale says releasing such statistics from time to time is crucial for effective government planning. "This kind of data helps them to know what is really happening so they can track their policies and programmes," he told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme. "It gives them the opportunity to look at what they are doing... and if there are areas they need to change, it makes it easier to modify strategies," he added. Nigeria: A nation divided Despite its vast resources, Nigeria ranks among the most unequal countries in the world, according to the UN. The poverty in the north is in stark contrast to the more developed southern states. While in the oil-rich south-east, the residents of Delta and Akwa Ibom complain that all the wealth they generate flows up the pipeline to Abuja and Lagos. Nigeria's 160 million people are divided between numerous ethno-linguistic groups and also along religious lines. Broadly, the Hausa-Fulani people based in the north are mostly Muslims. The Yorubas of the south-west are divided between Muslims and Christians, while the Igbos of the south-east and neighbouring groups are mostly Christian or animist. The Middle Belt is home to hundreds of groups with different beliefs, and around Jos there are frequent clashes between Hausa-speaking Muslims and Christian members of the Berom community. Southern residents tend to have better access to healthcare, as reflected by the greater uptake of vaccines for polio, tuberculosis, tetanus and diphtheria. Some northern groups have in the past boycotted immunisation programmes, saying they are a Western plot to make Muslim women infertile. This led to a recurrence of polio, but the vaccinations have now resumed. Female literacy is seen as the key to raising living standards for the next generation. For example, a newborn child is far likelier to survive if its mother is well-educated. In Nigeria we see a stark contrast between the mainly Muslim north and the Christian and animist south. In some northern states less than 5% of women can read and write, whereas in some Igbo areas more than 90% are literate. Nigeria is Africa's biggest oil producer and among the biggest in the world but most of its people subsist on less than $2 a day. The oil is produced in the south-east and some militant groups there want to keep a greater share of the wealth which comes from under their feet. Attacks by militants on oil installations led to a sharp fall in Nigeria's output during the last decade. But in 2010, a government amnesty led thousands of fighters to lay down their weapons. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-17015873 1 Like 1 Share
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Re: Nigerians Living In Poverty Rise To Nearly 61%-bbc(photos) by Bialegend(m): 7:52pm On Apr 11, 2020 |
British Super Lies. BBC, the mouth piece of Lucifer. Igbos have the biggest population of all ethnic groups in the zoo. There is nothing like hausa/fulani. It's either hausa or fulani and then other ethnic groups in the north. 1 Like |
Re: Nigerians Living In Poverty Rise To Nearly 61%-bbc(photos) by Racoon(m): 7:52pm On Apr 11, 2020 |
The NBS said that relative poverty was most apparent in the north of the country....in the north-west and north-east of the country poverty rates were recorded at 77.7% and 76.3% respectively, compared to the south-west at 59.1%.Yet all they know is power, power power and power. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Nigerians Living In Poverty Rise To Nearly 61%-bbc(photos) by NaijaRoyalty(m): 7:53pm On Apr 11, 2020 |
When the wicked ruleth, the people suffers . Buhari wickedness and evil misrule will bring APC to a disgraceful end in 2023, Insha Allah. 4 Likes |
Re: Nigerians Living In Poverty Rise To Nearly 61%-bbc(photos) by Racoon(m): 7:54pm On Apr 11, 2020 |
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Re: Nigerians Living In Poverty Rise To Nearly 61%-bbc(photos) by Trailblazer1(m): 7:54pm On Apr 11, 2020 |
With the statistics on display I'm convinced that no matter what Buhari does, the odds will continue to be in our favor If God be for us, who can be against us 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Nigerians Living In Poverty Rise To Nearly 61%-bbc(photos) by Jayjezey: 7:56pm On Apr 11, 2020 |
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Re: Nigerians Living In Poverty Rise To Nearly 61%-bbc(photos) by UrVillageGuys(m): 7:56pm On Apr 11, 2020 |
Sokoto that they said has the lowest number of poor individuals and households- in their national cake division calculation- is now the poorest. SMH |
Re: Nigerians Living In Poverty Rise To Nearly 61%-bbc(photos) by bluemansion: 7:57pm On Apr 11, 2020 |
Ok |
Re: Nigerians Living In Poverty Rise To Nearly 61%-bbc(photos) by Anambralstson: 7:58pm On Apr 11, 2020 |
literacy rate 2 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Nigerians Living In Poverty Rise To Nearly 61%-bbc(photos) by Anambralstson: 7:59pm On Apr 11, 2020 |
Oil and Gas producing areas 2 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Nigerians Living In Poverty Rise To Nearly 61%-bbc(photos) by Nobody: 8:12pm On Apr 11, 2020 |
Reading 1 Like |
Re: Nigerians Living In Poverty Rise To Nearly 61%-bbc(photos) by inforesource: 8:25pm On Apr 11, 2020 |
This bbc guys are they momitoring spirit? All these their estimated figures. |
Re: Nigerians Living In Poverty Rise To Nearly 61%-bbc(photos) by totit: 8:32pm On Apr 11, 2020 |
I do not think the stats were conducted under Buhari led-government though. I mean, having checked the link and the year the article was posted. 2 Likes 2 Shares
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Re: Nigerians Living In Poverty Rise To Nearly 61%-bbc(photos) by rusher14: 8:40pm On Apr 11, 2020 |
From 2012.
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Re: Nigerians Living In Poverty Rise To Nearly 61%-bbc(photos) by rusher14: 8:42pm On Apr 11, 2020 |
totit: Did you experience difficulty in attaching your image? I did. |
Re: Nigerians Living In Poverty Rise To Nearly 61%-bbc(photos) by totit: 8:44pm On Apr 11, 2020 |
rusher14: You must be using glo or your network is probably slow at the moment. |
Re: Nigerians Living In Poverty Rise To Nearly 61%-bbc(photos) by rusher14: 8:45pm On Apr 11, 2020 |
totit: WiFi and not even in the country at the moment. |
Re: Nigerians Living In Poverty Rise To Nearly 61%-bbc(photos) by rusher14: 8:45pm On Apr 11, 2020 |
NaijaRoyalty: Are you happy to read this report was from 2012? 2 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Nigerians Living In Poverty Rise To Nearly 61%-bbc(photos) by totit: 8:47pm On Apr 11, 2020 |
rusher14: Well.. It still boils down to your network except you are using a desktop or laptop. |
Re: Nigerians Living In Poverty Rise To Nearly 61%-bbc(photos) by rusher14: 8:47pm On Apr 11, 2020 |
Re: Nigerians Living In Poverty Rise To Nearly 61%-bbc(photos) by rusher14: 8:48pm On Apr 11, 2020 |
totit: Mobile. Could simply be a glitch. |
Re: Nigerians Living In Poverty Rise To Nearly 61%-bbc(photos) by totit: 8:49pm On Apr 11, 2020 |
rusher14: Yap. Obviously. 1 Like |
Re: Nigerians Living In Poverty Rise To Nearly 61%-bbc(photos) by Lipscomb(m): 8:54pm On Apr 11, 2020 |
Very very old news. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Nigerians Living In Poverty Rise To Nearly 61%-bbc(photos) by JAMO84: 9:42pm On Apr 11, 2020 |
NaijaRoyalty:This was from the time of Dr Clueless. Read the article again!!! I AM DONE TALKING 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Nigerians Living In Poverty Rise To Nearly 61%-bbc(photos) by rexwalters: 9:45pm On Apr 11, 2020 |
NaijaRoyalty:Sorry for you, same prayer since 2015?, President Osinbajo will rebuke you, and Company at the gates of Hade from 2023-2031. |
Re: Nigerians Living In Poverty Rise To Nearly 61%-bbc(photos) by richidinho(m): 9:47pm On Apr 11, 2020 |
Re: Nigerians Living In Poverty Rise To Nearly 61%-bbc(photos) by sammyj: 9:50pm On Apr 11, 2020 |
This is alarming! I wonder how this map and analysis would look like after this Corona virus lockdown !! |
Re: Nigerians Living In Poverty Rise To Nearly 61%-bbc(photos) by rexwalters: 9:50pm On Apr 11, 2020 |
JAMO84:Don’t mind the jobless raccoon, SafiuMuhammed O, and Co, You have shamed them after making unnecessary noise prior to The Presidential elections, they have finally started recovering from the overwhelming defeat, with new propaganda. 1 Like 2 Shares |
Re: Nigerians Living In Poverty Rise To Nearly 61%-bbc(photos) by totit: 9:52pm On Apr 11, 2020 |
The OP of this thread is being mischievous. Lool 1 Like |
Re: Nigerians Living In Poverty Rise To Nearly 61%-bbc(photos) by Biafrarep(m): 9:53pm On Apr 11, 2020 |
The woes continue unabated! |
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