40.1% of Nigerians poor, says NBS in new report

Four in ten Nigerians or over 82.9 million Nigerians live in poverty according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its latest Poverty and Inequality report which defines national poverty as annual expenditure below N137,430 (N376.5 per day or roughly $1 on 360/$). This is lower than a 6

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