Old-Age Poverty

Former Vice President and 2023 PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has accused the federal government of deliberately weaponising poverty to suppress Nigerians. Speaking at the 60th birthday lecture of former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi in Abuja, themed “Weaponising Poverty in Nigeria,” Atiku claimed that the current administration is using…

Former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor and Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has revealed that his experience as a traditional ruler exposed him to the harsh realities of poverty in Nigeria. Speaking in Abuja at a public lecture marking the 60th birthday of former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi,…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on African nations to confront poverty with urgency and purpose, drawing attention to China’s remarkable feat of lifting 700 million people out of poverty as a benchmark for what is possible on the continent. Obasanjo made the remarks on Friday at a leadership lecture…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has called for the urgent end to abject poverty across Africa. Speaking during Dele Momodu’s leadership lecture, ‘How to end hunger and poverty in Africa,’ Obasanjo opined that Nigeria can lift itself from its poverty quagmire if China could lift 700 million people out of poverty.…

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Annual Report 2024 . No child should have to live in poverty or experience social exclusion. However, in the EU alone, there are approximately 20 million children, or 1 in 4 children, growing up at risk of poverty or social exclusion. The European Pillar of Social Rights aims to reduce…

World Bank Group Poverty Rising in Rural Nigeria, World Bank Says Your browser does not support the video tag. The World Bank has raised a fresh concern over the rising poverty in Nigeria, saying that a staggering 75.5 per cent of rural dwellers live below the poverty line. The World…

Introduction What is our understanding of the critical concept in the topic: “Poverty”? I suggest that poverty may be de­fined from four main dimensions, namely: — Poverty of economic insecurity (survival) — Poverty of physical insecurity, — Poverty of marginalisation and exclusion from opportunities to par­ticipate in political decision-making processes,…

Leaders of the Methodist Church Nigeria, on Monday, said the level of greed and selfishness of Nigerian leaders encourages insecurity and poverty in the country. The Bishop of Methodist Cathedral of Light, Agodi-Gate, Ibadan, Rt. Reverend Simeon Oluwole Onaleke stated this while speaking with journalists at the post-synod conference held…

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has criticized Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, accusing him of lacking the moral standing to speak about poverty in Nigeria. In a personally signed statement titled “Factually Addressing Mr. Peter Obi’s Criticism of Nigeria at Johns Hopkins University,” Sanwo-Olu alleged that poverty worsened…