Tag: poverty
5 million Nigerians escape poverty under Buhari — Presidency
President Muhammadu Buhari, says the Federal Government’s introduced National Social Investment Programme (NSIP), has in three years, lifted no fewer than 5 million Nigerians out of extreme poverty.
Population explosion: Nigeria sitting on time bomb – Governor Yari
The outgoing Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Abdul’aziz Yari, has said the increasing rate of unproductive population in the country constitutes a time bomb and must be addressed.
There’s too much hunger, poverty in northern Nigeria – Sanusi
Sanusi said only 20 per cent of people are living in poverty in the southern part of Nigeria, but 80 per cent live in poverty in the North.
