BREAKING: 82.9m Nigerians living in poverty, says NBS


Gbeleyi Abayomi

According to the 2019 Poverty & Inequality in Nigeria report released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Monday, it says 82.9 million Nigerians are living in poverty.

With this figure , 40.09% of the total population live in poverty

According to the report, 52.10% of rural dwellers are living in poverty while the poverty rate in urban centres is 18.04%

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