Nigeria: Poverty Rating - Kaduna to Prioritise Agriculture

21 February 2012

Kaduna — The Kaduna State government is aware of the state's poverty level, and that is why it is paying attention to agriculture, the state's Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Sa'idu Adamu has said.

Adamu, who was reacting to a recent report that indicated that Kaduna is one of the states in the country with the highest poverty rate, said, "Figures sometimes don't lie. We know that most northern states, not only Kaduna, are being bedevilled with the issue of poverty.

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