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Nigeria: Minister Disputes Report Nigeria Has World's Largest Poor Population
Premium Times, 28 June 2018
The Ministry of Budget and National Planning on Thursday disputed a report that poverty situation is worsening in Nigeria. Read more »
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Nigeria: Govt Faults Nigeria's Poverty Rating
Leadership, 28 June 2018
The federal government yesterday dismissed a recent report rating Nigeria as a country with extremely poor people in the world. Minister of Trade and Investment, Okechukwu… Read more »
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Nigeria: So, Nigeria Is World's Poverty Capital?
Daily Trust, 28 June 2018
According to a report by the Brookings Institution, data from the World Poverty Clock show that Nigeria now has over 87 million people living in poverty. Yes- The average Nigerian… Read more »
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Africa: Obasanjo Calls for Stronger Africa, China Tie to Curtail Poverty
Vanguard, 27 June 2018
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday said a stronger tie between Africa and China would curtail the scourge of poverty in Africa. Read more »
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Nigeria: Govt Dismisses Global Report On Nigeria's Poverty Level
Vanguard, 27 June 2018
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. Read more »
Govt Questions Nigeria's Poverty Rating
The Minister of Trade and Investments, Okechukwu Enelamah, has said that the Brookings Report that rated Nigeria as the new global headquarters of poverty should not bother Nigerians because the report may have been compiled when the nation was in economic recess.
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In a new report by the World Poverty Clock, Nigeria has overtaken India as the country with the most extremely poor people in the world - with the number increasing by six people ... Read more »
