The Federal Government has revealed that 130 million Nigerians are poor.
In its 2022 Multidimensional Poverty Index Survey , the national bureau of statistics NBS , said the figure represents 63 per cent of the nation’s population.
The report added that the poverty index is mostly experienced in rural areas especially in the north.
It was gathered that the measure used to calculate the figure was based on Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) with five components of health, living standard, education, security, and unemployment